Mary Kathleen is an abandoned uranium mine and ghost town. I had seen so many photos of the mine and abandoned township we really had to stop on our way through to McKinlay. We decided to unhook the van and leave it in the abandoned town. You can still see the streets and the foundations for the long demolished houses and this area is now well used by grey nomads to park up for a few days.

We set off to the mine and we were so happy that we had left the van behind it was very rough lots of massive potholes everywhere. The actual mine is spectacular the blue colours are amazing they change from one side of the mine to the other. It just looks so inviting to go for a swim but there are signs everywhere to tell you not to swim. You would probably glow in the dark if you swam there. 

It always amazes us what some people drive to these places. There was one guy there with a very low sporty Huyundai and he got it up to the mine across all the boulders. How to wreck a car very quickly.