Experience Mount Isa

Underground adventures, fossils, history and family fun.

Signature Tours

A mine tour guide with a guest inspecting a tunnel with headlamps within the Hard Times Mine. They are wearing safety gear including hard hats, reflective vests, and waterproof boots. The tunnel has exposed reinforcement bars and electrical conduits.
A mine tour guide with a guest inspecting a tunnel with headlamps within the Hard Times Mine. They are wearing safety gear including hard hats, reflective vests, and waterproof boots. The tunnel has exposed reinforcement bars and electrical conduits.

HARD TIMES MINE UNDERGROUND TOUR

Go Underground and experience Mount Isa’s mining history.

From $50

Tour guests working with microscopes in the Riversleigh Discovery Centre laboratory sorting fossils on their Guided Fossil Tour.
Tour guests working with microscopes in the Riversleigh Discovery Centre laboratory sorting fossils on their Guided Fossil Tour.

RIVERSLEIGH FOSSIL LABRATORY TOUR

Step back in time and discover Australia’s ancient past

From $23

Underground Hospital Museum with wooden bunks and bedding, illuminated by a dim light and a small opening at the end of the passage.
Underground Hospital Museum with wooden bunks and bedding, illuminated by a dim light and a small opening at the end of the passage.

UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL TOUR

Three living history experiences in one location

From $7.50

North West Tours bus parked in the designated bus zone at Outback At Isa, with trees in the background under a clear blue sky.
North West Tours bus parked in the designated bus zone at Outback At Isa, with trees in the background under a clear blue sky.

BEST OF MOUNT ISA TOUR

Explore The Old And The New Of The Isa

From $45.00

Museums & History

A man and a woman visiting the Isa Experience museum exhibit of historical machinery, standing side by side and observing an old machine on display.
A man and a woman visiting the Isa Experience museum exhibit of historical machinery, standing side by side and observing an old machine on display.

ISA EXPERIENCE HISTORY MUSEUM

Uncover the history of our rich mining heritage and social community.

From $10

Interior of a museum exhibit at Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre, with display cases containing fossils and informational signs, featuring a large digital screen showing a desert scene with a pink dinosaur figure and desert landscape, and a black wall with yellow accents and the sign 'RIVERSLEIGH FOSSIL DISCOVERY CENTRE'.

RIVERSLEIGH FOSSIL DISCOVERY CENTRE

The Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre showcases fossils from the World Heritage-listed Riversleigh fossil fields, with interactive displays and ancient animal skeletons.

From $11.50

View of the Underground Hospital Museum with green walls, wooden floor, and glass display cabinets filled with small artifacts. There are various vintage medical or scientific equipment, framed pictures on the walls, and old national flags.
View of the Underground Hospital Museum with green walls, wooden floor, and glass display cabinets filled with small artifacts. There are various vintage medical or scientific equipment, framed pictures on the walls, and old national flags.

BETH ANDERSON MUSEUM

Browse the collection of medical equipment gathered by former hospital matron, Beth Anderson for proof of just how far medicine has advanced.

From $8.25

A residential street with a white two-story house, surrounded by a garden with assorted plants and flowers. A stone retaining wall lines the garden, and a black car is partially visible in the lower left corner. Shadows from trees are cast on the street.

CASA GRANDE

Casa Grande is Spanish Mission in style, built of 6" thick Denaro bricks with stuccoed outer walls. Casa Grande was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 May 1999.

Free

A Tent House with a white exterior, situated on a gravel lot with a dirt hillside behind it, and surrounded by green trees and a bright blue sky.

THE TENT HOUSE

Learn more about the last surviving tent house constructed in town to accommodate the mining workers of the day.

From $8.25

A RFDS Rover plane mounted on display stands outdoors under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

RFDS DROVER PLANE

With only 20 Drover's manufactured in the world, and just a handful left in existence, the aircraft is a significant asset to the Flying Doctor and Mount Isa community

Free

Family Experiences

Colorful playground at the Family Fun Park in Mount Isa with slides, climbing structures, and bridges on a sunny day.
Colorful playground at the Family Fun Park in Mount Isa with slides, climbing structures, and bridges on a sunny day.

FAMILY FUN PARK - Church Street, Mount Isa

Open 9am - 7pm, 7 Days a week

Empty outdoor pump track in Mount Isa with winding asphalt ramps and green grassy areas under a blue sky.

GALLIPOLI PUMP TRACK - Thorpe Street, Mount Isa

Open 7 Days a week.

A man wearing a gray cap and black sunglasses is playing outback mini golf on a green course surrounded by rocks. He is holding a golf club and preparing to hit a golf ball. There are trees and a fence in the background.

OUTBACK MINI GOLF - Outback at Isa

Open 7 Days a week.

Inside a dimly lit movie theater with red seats. The large screen at the front appears to be on, but the image is blurry. Audience members are seated and watching the screen.

STAR CINEMA

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