Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson was the first British woman to have commercial, private and navigator licence and in 1930 decided to fly from England to Australia. She accidentally landed in Quilpie thinking it was Charleville as her map was wrong. This was very exciting for the locals.

Quilpie Moments & Charleville Capers

September 12th 2013
Quilpie was a much larger town than we’ve been in recently with a population of 650. Quilpie comes from an aboriginal word for Curlew. We were excited to find a supermarket but unfortunately the limited fresh produce still tastes like cardboard. I’m not sure how they’ve perfected cardboard flavoured meat, vegetables and water but they have done it well in the Channel Country. Although thi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Charleville

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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