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Paroo Area Destinations

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Barringun
Barringun, Queensland (Destination)

Once a border customs post between Queensland and New South Wales, Barringun is ‘real outback’ with so many great legends to share. Call in for a thirst quencher at the hundred-plus year old Barringun pub, Tattersall’s, and there relive some of the memories of the town’s glory days. Buildings, now abandoned, include two police stations, one on th ... READ MORE »

Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla, Queensland (Destination)

At the intersection of two major stock routes, an outback town was born – thriving undoubtedly because of a river's course which gave the town its name. Cunnamulla is an Aboriginal term for ‘long stretch of water' and the river is the Warrego - a great place for boating, fishing or swimming. Cunnamulla is the supply town for travellers heading fu ... READ MORE »

Eulo
Eulo, Queensland (Destination)

Eulo is a small town but seems to capture the spirit and atmosphere of Queensland's Outback. Once the bustling main centre for the opal miners, the area was chosen for settlement given its proximity to a good waterhole on the Paroo River. At the Eulo Queen Hotel, not only the ale flows freely, but so too do the many legends surrounding the Eulo Q ... READ MORE »

Wyandra
Wyandra, Queensland (Destination)

So many towns of the Outback can claim their very existence directly to the laying of the great inland railway systems. Wyandra is such a town. Being the halfway point between Charleville and Cunnamulla, a railway settlement was established. In 1898 a school was established with about 60 pupils, which is about the same number of today's total po ... READ MORE »

Yowah
Yowah, Queensland (Destination)

Yowah is a small opal mining town 165 kilometres west of Cunnamulla. It is the home of the unique Yowah Nut Opal and Ironstone Matrix Opal, a type of opal only found in this part of Queensland. Opal was first discovered at Yowah towards the end of the nineteenth century. The original mine, The Southern Cross, is still producing today and the coun ... READ MORE »

 
 
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