The internationally acclaimed comedian had the audience in stitches with his observational Aussie humour.

Barron started the night with anecdotes about how he has found Mount Isa.

From the heat to the shopping and the local sites, he had us all nodding our heads while laughing uncontrollably.

He found the river a great source of material saying that he went for swim but didn’t need a towel.

Barron also compared the Tom Cruises to be found in Rodeo Drive, Hollywood, to the “Barry from Camooweal” in Isa’s main street. 

When it came time to talk to the audience he chose to talk to the guy on the very end of the front row.

His name was James and answered the question of ‘What do you do?’ with ‘Mount Isa’.

He became the butt of quite a few jokes throughout the evening, I don’t think he’ll ever live it down. 

Strangely, another man Barron spoke to in the “talk to the audience routine” was also called James. 

“Did you go to a religious school or a normal school, James?” Barron asked. 

“Define normal,” James, who clearly has somehow balanced his careers of underground miner and philosopher, asked, but the question did not slow Barron. 

There was the usual mix of hecklers and loud laughter at the event. The former were shut down by Barron pretty quickly but the latter persisted throughout the night.

Barron, taking it all in his stride, made a bit of fun at the expense of the main cackler, unfortunately she saw the funny side of that, too.

It seemed at one stage whether Barron was working out whether he should encourage the loud laughter at the expense of his material.

He brought his guitar along and performed a song which was actually him playing an acoustic melody and telling jokes between bars, some of which he made up on the spot, a refreshing way for a comedian to incorporate music in to the performance.

Of all the comedy performances I have attended over the years, this one was the best.

He is as funny in real life as he is on television and it was awesome to see a comedian of his calibre visit Mount Isa.