Just a little work trip with Hubby
Goondiwinidi to Brisbane Monday 4 h 6 min (345.7 km) via State Route 85
Brisbane to Quilpie Tuesday 10 h 50 min (953.9 km) via Warrego Hwy
Quilpie to Goondiwinidi Friday 8 h 49 min (819.8 km)
Home Friday night -- I hope
I always find it so amazing how positive,resourceful
,kind and friendly people who live in the far west of our state of Queensland
are. The little town of Quilpie is in a dry arid place. With high sprinklers
they put some water on their garden to have a small patch of green. Why high
sprinklers do you ask ? Because the water that comes out of the ground and it's
too hot to put directly on the garden.
The council is out working hard to beauty and maintain
their little outback town . We visited the stores and each offered something
different to provide what people need.
The love of the arts and the outback culture is evident
and proudly shown.
The tourist season is over so things are quiet now but
they will keep going. This is the second time I have been here this year once
when the town was overflowing with people for the centenary and yesterday when
we arrived it was 41 C and there were
just the locals. Either way this is an awesome little town. When you
travel through these small outback towns stop and buy lunch or check out the
stores and buy a little or big something you need. My friend and I found some things were cheaper than the
larger towns and some little stores had some real finds
For my overseas friends this is where Quilpie is.
3 comments:
I can't imagine that kind of heat. But it's one of the things I would definitely want to experience were I ever to be there. and what a tidbit of information about their sprinklers! We have friends in Arizona and that was something they had to learn to cope with, too.Water out of the hose was so hot it killed all of their plants! Quilpie looks like a charmer town.
Hi Jenny wow what a fun place,lovely you got to go with hubby xx
Thanks for showcasing Quilpie. Like you, we love checking out the small towns and marvel at what they have to offer. Now we will have to add it to our list of places to visit.
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