At Outback at Isa, Mount Isa's major tourism facility, you will find the Mount Isa Visitor Information Centre (VIC), Hard Times Mine Underground Tour, Isa Experience and Outback Park, the Mount Isa Regional Art Gallery, Riversleigh Fossil Centre, and the Outback Cafe. 

The  Hard Times Mine Tour is more than a tour - it's an experience!

From the very beginning of the tour you know that this is something special. From the moment you meet your tour guide who has worked as a miner for most of his life, to the kitting-out in overalls and cap lamps, already you're having fun and can't wait for what comes next.

Descending into the mine in the Alimak Cage, you begin to explore the history of mining as the guides enthral you with their stories of the good times and the hard times that they had working deep under the earth. See how the tunnels are formed and shaped by the majestic boom drills and mucking units. Get up close with the machinery and try your hand at the air-leg drill and feel the earth rumble with the firing of the blast face. These magnificent experiences will stay with you forever.

 

The Riversleigh Fossil Centre at Outback at Isa educates and interprets for visitors the fossils extracted from the nearby Riversleigh Fossil Fields. Now a World Heritage Area, the fossils fields are home to one of the most significant and exciting fossil deposits in the world. 

 

These finds have been depicted as dioramas and exhibited in an authentic setting to illustrate the unique discoveries in one of the world's richest fossil fields. Unlike many other fossil deposits, the Riversleigh fossils are not just a snapshot in time, but a window on the development of early mammal megafauna over the past 30 million years.

 

This classifies the Riversleigh Fossil Centre as unique among centres offering 'fossil tourism'. The Riversleigh fossil deposit is the richest and one of the most important fossil fields in Australia. The centre undergoes a 1.5-million-dollar upgrade from February 2012 till May 2020

 

The Outback at Isa Cafe provides a range of fresh and homemade food to suit even the fussiest eater, from fish & chips, native local aborigine’s food to homemade scones.

 

 

 

 

Terms and Conditions

The fully guided tour runs 7 days a week except New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday. For the Hard Times Mine Tour, children must be 7 years of age and over. No cameras permitted on the Hard Times Mine Tour. Bookings essential. Bookings cancelled less than 24 hours prior to tour, will incur a 100% cancellation fee.

Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY PRIVACY POLICY Mount Isa City Council Owned Enterprices 1 1. . We respect your privacy We respect your privacy 1.1 Mount Isa City Council Owned Enterprices respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers and website visitors. We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the P riv a c y A c t 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information. 1.2 "Personal information" is information we hold which is identifiable as being about you. 2 2. Collection of personal information Collection of personal information 2.1. . Mount Isa City Council Owned Enterprices will, from time to time, receive and store personal information you enter onto our website, provided to us directly or given to us in other forms. 2.2. . 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We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal identifiable information. MICCOE July 2020