The Heart of the Channel Country- Barcoo Shire S/W QLD

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September 9th 2013

Published: September 13th 2013

It's certainly another world out here in South Western QLD. The Barcoo Shire is approximately the size of Tasmania and only has 3 towns, Stonehenge, Jundah and Windorah. These 3 towns have a general store, a pub, a school (where only 6 or 7 children attend) an information centre, come library and a police station. The entire Shire's population is 452. The area has a mosaic of channels that... Read Full Entry

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Dave & Grace

lonierangers

Been on the road since 10.11.2010. We still call Newcastle (NSW) home as that's where most of our family and friends are. In reality home is our Opalite caravan 24ft, and our Ford Ranger (hence the name Lonie Rangers). Our car is the Silver Bullet from the Lone Ranger, put this together with Dave's surname being Lonie, and there our title was created. I'd say we travel at a snails pace, there is no rush, we have the rest of our lives. However, going slow allows us to experience each place and move when we're ready for the next adventure. We do a fair bit of independent camping in the bus... full info

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On the Road to Windorah

Aliens?

First sighting of Windorah, we wondered what we'd found. With 100 residents, Windorah is powered by this Solar Farm.

Interest Point

I love the trail of Grey Nomads. It's like Pit Street out here.

Winorah Town

Excited to find tomatoes here, $8.40 kg though. The Information centre gives the public a free internet hour per day using their satellite internet.

Western Star Hotel

Opposite the store and is the last pub for 386kms. The stand is there to view the yabby races held in the street. We just missed them by 1 week.

Whitula Gate Museum

Based on a 1906 slab hut from Whitula Creek and the Cooper Queen, a large, iron, flat bottom boat. It was used up to 1950's to transport people, food and sheep across Cooper's Creek in flood.