Ghost Town~~

Yesterday, Dave suddenly came in to us (IT section), with a stressy face and a cuppa on his hand..asking if any of us interested going to Mary Kathleen a.k.a Ghost Town..on that moment about 3.30pm...stil 1.5 working hrs to go..dengan slamber Brenden said, "shit yeah we going!" tanpa berpikir panjang...hahaha...cayalah supervisor! Slamber O'sullivan (bapak die) je nak tinggal opis tanpa IT support. kami sempat gak usha kat Google Earth how to get there and nampak laa ade ghost town...

Mary Kathleen history:
Situated about 63km from Cloncurry highway then about 5km off the road. Took us about 40minutes to get there. The town was there since uranium was discovered in 1954 by Norman McConachy. Mary Kathleen named after Norman McConachy's wife who believe had died of cancer of the uranium effect itself! The town is about 5km from the mining site. However, the operations ceased in 1981, after one million litres of radioactive liquid was deliberately released from the mines evaporation ponds during an unexpectedly wet season. 1984, the township auctioned off and community moved and left the town unaccompanied with empty buildings till now. Ghost town....




Byk movies about this kind of thing, one of them is Wrong Turn..cerita pasal ada penduduk ghost town yg saiko akibat kene effect uranium mines. Mereka bunuh dgn kejam org² yg datang ke sana dgn alasan marah kepada manusia yg gilakan penggalian uranium tanpa fikirkan hati perut kepada penduduk. Jadi aku terbayang aaa tibe² bley jumpe manusia saiko kat Mary Kathleen ni...perkkk...dah la Dave tak bawak rifle die...seram...dalam perjalanan, si Brenden dah pekene dalam 6pack of beers dah tak henti² buat lawak..kurang keseraman sket..

We went to the uranium site first, the track was fairly bad, really need 4wd and hard to see the track and would lost easily..hmm..sampai sana, it wasnt a huge site as others..but wwooowww kagum gak sebenarnyer...saw lots of roos drinking the water from there, wonder what would they turn up to be later on...cam warewolf ke, gergasi ke...mane la tau kan. The mountains surrounding look different from others too..gondol smacam, ade pokok tapi tak banyak..and pokok pon lain sket tak penah tgk kat Cloncurry...might be the uranium effects kot...Took a few photos there and we cruised..here we come, Ghost Town...


At the town entrance, Dave yang kekadang saiko ni bley buat lawak plak nak tinggalkan aku time tgh syok amek gambar..kimek sungguh...ade laa dlm 200m gak aku kene lari kejar 4wd die tu...buat lawak time² dah dekat senja..isk isk..kimek...then we were in the town..but we saw nothing but pokok² rendang dan a few caravan park yang camping kat situ (gile ke hape) walaupon dilarang camp...the streets was pretty good...tapi pokok² dan suasana dah nak gelap buat kami terpinga² about the direction nak cari building² lama. Pusing² punye pusing about 10minutes tak jugak jumpe any bangunan or atleast a cricket pitch from what we saw from Google Earth...they were suppose to be somewhere there...tapak² je ader laa...Dave yang dah putus asa gave up before we get lost in there..


Agak kecewe gak aaa trip tak nampak building langsung, aku dah imagine dah building yg dah tua dgn penuhi red dirts....moreover, there wasnt much time to explore unless nak overnite kat sane la, gile! Anyway...it was a good trip with those crazy ppl (Dave and Brenden, I'm not..hehe)..

Alrighty, gotta do some reports before flying back Brissie tomorrow, same flight as Brenden..im taking 3days off this time, mataairku ade kat brisbane too...would be very very pleasant holidays! Yeeha! Adios eberybadi!