Today we went to the Underground Hospital. It was very dirty and dusty. It was build in case the Japanese bombed Mount Isa because of the mines. The man gave us a quick tour before we went underground. He weighed us on a very old weighing machine. Inside the hospital we saw bed pans for people to go to the toilet in, beds for new born babies, beds with a straw mattress, old glass bottles, a bed for people who had injured their backs (it could rotate). We even saw some children’s play toys which were tiny soldiers made from wood which the children would bowl over with a marble.
The passage way was narrow to walk through and was forked into two passages – one lot of beds for men and the other beds for women. I was trying to imagine what it would be like to sleep on a bed of straw and on a wire frame. I am thankful for my bed!
After that we went to a park which had a man-made lake in the middle of it. We saw lots of different animals – eagles, kookaburras and peacocks. We had some lunch there and also played with the vortex and the football. We really enjoyed watching the eagles swoop and soar in the air around their nest. James taught me how to kick the football - I'm getting better!
On the way home we found a Cold Rock ice cream shop, so Mum and Dad bought us one each. I had Vanilla icecream with a crunchie mashed up into it. It was yum!
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