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Cloncurry Tourism Booklet 1 > THINGS TO DO & SEE DAINTREE ST 8 AIRPORT 5KM M 11 POOL M ERNEST HENRY MINE 38KM 1. JOHN FLYNN PLACE M T HENSLEY DR 2. CLONCURRY UNEARTHED / H 10 12 KING ST H SCARR ST VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE & H SM MUSEUM SM 3. CLONCURRY CEMETERY 4. CLONCURRY’S FIRST CEMETERY > MATILDA HIGHWAY 4 5. CHINESE CEMETERY SIR HUDSON FYSH DR SIR HUDSON FYSH QUAMBY 43KM 6. CLONCURRY WEIR MOUNT BURKE & WILLS 3 7. ROTARY LOOKOUT ISA ROADHOUSE 177KM 8. CHINAMAN CREEK DAM 119KM BURKE DEV RD < 9. EQUESTRIAN CENTRE BARKLY HIGHWAY SHEAFFE ST HENRY ST HENRY RAILWAY ST RAILWAY 10. POST OFFICE 7 HOSPITAL 11. COURT HOUSE 5 ST MUSGRAVE 12. COMMUNITY PRECINCT / M C LIBRARY $ P H M P P M RAMSAY ST FLINDERS HIGHWAY McILWRAITH ST UTILITIES 8 M $ P M C > H > HOTEL JULIA 2 T CREEK M > MOTEL VISITOR INFORMATION 137KM C > CARAVAN PARK SHEAFFE ST CENTRE WINTON P > PETROL STATION POWERHOUSE RD 347KM T > PUBLIC TOILETS PHILLIPS ST $ > BANK / ATM C P SM > SUPERMARKET The Friendly Heart of Outback Queensland FOR MORE INFORMATION VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Flinders Highway / McIlwraith Street / Cloncurry, QLD 4824 Phone (07) 4742 1361 Fax (07) 4742 0144 Email: [email protected]/ www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au Cloncurry Unearthed Visitor Information and Museum is open 7 days a week including Public Holidays. (Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and Good Friday) Design: Through The Looking Glass Studio, Glass Studio, Looking The Through Design: - 0407074477 www.looking-glass.com.au & Glass Studio Looking The Through Photography: Cloncurry Council Shire Cloncurry Shire Council Administration Office 38-46 Daintree Street, Postal Address: PO Box 3, Cloncurry Qld 4824 Office Hours: 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday Phone: (07) 4742 4100 / Fax: (07) 4742 1712 Email: [email protected] www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au TOURIST DRIVES: CAIRNS It is with great pleasure that we extend a very warm welcome to you. It is hoped that the following KARUMBA information will assist you and make your stay even more enjoyable. NORMANTON Cloncurry is steeped in a history of pioneers forging the way for future inland families. The dedication to the spirit and strength of the outback way has been BURKE & WILLS passed through the generations to the present day ROADHOUSE TOWNSVILLE local. In 2013 Cloncurry was awarded Queensland’s Friendliest Town by Keep Queensland Beautiful Tidy Towns. You need to only spend a small amount of time in our town to realise that we really are “The MOUNT Friendly Heart of Outback Queensland”. Enjoy your ISA stay and if you require further information please do not hesitate to ask the friendly staff at the Cloncurry Unearthed Visitor Information Centre and DAJARRA Museum for any further assistance. WINTON BOULIA CONTENTS BARCALDINE ROCKHAMPTON LONGREACH How to get there & away..................2 History....................................3 Things to see & do........................4 Surrounding Areas.......................14 BIRDSVILLE Interesting Facts.........................16 CHARLEVILLE Local Attractions.......................17 Sleep & Eat..............................20 Services & Community Directory.........22 MOBILE PHONE COVERAGE BRISBANE Please check with your mobile phone supplier to see if your phone will Events...................................24 work in Outback Areas. Road Safety.............................25 Best Coverage – Telstra Network Next Best - Optus Digital NOTE: · Vodaphone does not work in this area. · Services are limited when travelling between towns. 200 metres above sea level, geographically this town. Over the years Cloncurry has been the focal land was the home of the Mitakoodi & the warlike point for much of Australia’s greatest innovations. Kalkadoons, the original inhabitants of the area. Cloncurry was involved with the beginnings of QANTAS, and the original QANTAS Hangar is still in use In 1861 Burke and Wills with King and Gray, were at the aerodrome, where “Queensland and Northern the first known Europeans to come into the area on Territory Aerial Service” is still displayed above the their ill-fated expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria. hangar door. Burke named the river “Cloncurry” for his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Cloncurry of County Galway in Ireland. In May 1867, Ernest Henry (honoured as founder of the town and the vast mineral wealth of the district), came this way searching for grazing land, instead he discovered copper and named his find the Great Australia Mine. The town was surveyed in 1876 and named after the river. The Great Australia Mine still exists today as a working icon of Cloncurry’s prosperous past and present. Impressive finds from The airport was also on route for early planes coming the region and examples of local mineral and gems from overseas and a stopping place for contestants are showcased annually at the ‘Rockhana Gem and in the great air races of 1919 and 1934. During the Mineral Festival’. Second World War, Cloncurry was the site of a major United States of America Air Base. The local pastoral industry owes its humble It was in Cloncurry that the Royal Flying Doctor ROAD AIR TRAVEL beginnings to three noted pioneers of the 1860’s – Ernest Henry, Roger Sheaffe and Alexander Kennedy. Service was established in 1928. John Flynn’s choice Cloncurry is situated on the Overlander’s Way Cloncurry Airport located on Sir Hudson Fysh of Cloncurry was based on its proximity to the mining 770km west of Townsville and 119km east of Drive has five QantasLink, two Virgin Australia and Between them they owned many thousands of acres stocking sheep and cattle. In the 1860’s, 71% of camps and scattered pastoralists, all of whom were Mount Isa. The Barkly Highway is a sealed, double four Alliance Airline flights per week. poorly served by any kind of medical services. At a lane highway accessible to all vehicles during the P (07) 4742 1235 for general enquiries Queensland’s revenue was derived from the Pastoral Industry with the rural sector also providing 94% of time when his ideas seemed wild and revolutionary, dry season. If travelling on unsealed roads or in the To book a QantasLink flight phone 13 13 13 or visit he developed a scheme which combined aircraft, wet season, it is beneficial to check at the Visitor www.qantas.com.au Queensland’s exports. As the decades passed Cloncurry had the largest cattle selling yards in the North-West radios and medicine to provide a mantle of safety for Information Centre for up to date road conditions To book a Virgin Australia flight phone 13 67 89 or inland people. or call 13 19 40 for 24 hour reports or alternatively visit www.virginaustralia.com.au region. The selling yards are now mainly used for tick Cloncurry is a rural town, which continues to derive its visit: www.131940.qld.gov.au dipping and/or placing stock onto rail carriages and The nearby Mount Isa Airport caters for a broad road trains. The weekly cattle sales have now been main income from the mining and pastoral industries. It is especially important to regularly check during range of regional airlines, and has rental vehicles taken over by computer and paddock sales. Cloncurry Unearthed Museum or John Flynn Place will the wet season as conditions can change rapidly. available. There is a bus link from Mount Isa to open the eye of any budding historian to the richness Cloncurry and a Cloncurry Airport Shuttle Bus The railway reached Cloncurry in 1907 (opened of Cloncurry’s history. TRANSPORT NETWORK which can be arranged by visiting the Cloncurry officially in 1908) and it remains an important railway Cloncurry is at the junction of the Landsborough Travel Agency or by calling (07) 4742 1107. Highway (Matilda Highway) and Flinders/Barkly Highway (Overlanders Way) – Queensland’s major BUS SERVICES QUICK FACT transport routes. Bus Queensland has bus services in and out Cloncurry is host to many major events throughout the year. The of Cloncurry twice daily, seven days a week at Cloncurry Stockman’s Challenge and Camp Draft was the first festival RAIL Cloncurry Travel Agencies and BP Roadhouse. Visit of its kind in Australia and is one of the biggest with men and women Queensland Rail offers twice weekly rail service or call Cloncurry Travel Agency on (07) 4742 1107 from across the country participating in a variety of horse events. The (Operates between Townsville and Mount Isa) to make bookings or online at... Curry Merry Muster Festival is another favourite with street parades, live Hutchinson Parade (07) 4742 4227 or 13 16 72 or www.busqld.com.au music and Australia’s Largest Single Payout Rodeo. online at www.queenslandrail.com.au 2 3 CLONCURRY / MARY KATHLEEN MEMORIAL PARK COMPLEX The Park Complex is located just off the main high- Displays in the free Outdoor Museum at the park way (left side from Julia Creek/Winton) with ample include steam engines, a McLaren Traction Engine, The park also incorporates the Cloncurry Unearthed parking for cars, caravans and motorhomes. This is a farm and mining machinery and the unique 1941 Visitor Information Centre and Museum. ATTRACTIONS perfect place to stop and take a break. It has some- Ford V8 Rail Ambulance which was used when roads • Lookout thing for everyone, with a playground for the kids, were impassable and was first commissioned back Address: McIlwraith Street (Flinders Highway) • Visitor Information Centre amenities and a covered picnic and BBQ area all set in 1956 and operated until 1971. The former Visitor Phone: (07) 4742 1361 • Cloncurry Unearthed Museum in a shaded landscaped parkland. Stretch your legs Information Centre was originally in the old historic Fax: (07) 4742 0144 • Gem & Mineral display Email: [email protected] and go for a 5-minute walk up to the lookout past Oona Police Station building, which was then moved • Burke & Wills Plaque Web: www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au the unique water feature and take in a spectacular to Dobbyn (old mining towns in the early part of the • Park & playground panoramic view of Cloncurry and the surrounding 20th Century); the building was moved and renovat- • BBQ & picnic area rugged landscape.
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