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Thargomindah Town Inland, Outback, Out Here! Out Outback, Inland, Web: www.thargotourism.com.au Web: Email: [email protected] Email: Tel: (07) 4655 3399 Fax: (07) 4655 3374 4655 (07) Fax: 3399 4655 (07) Tel: Thargomindah QLD 4492 QLD Thargomindah Cnr McGregor & Eccles Street Eccles & McGregor Cnr Thargomindah Visitor Information Centre Information Visitor Thargomindah Contact us: Contact • Innamincka • • The Dig Tree Dig The • • Coopers Creek Coopers • • Noccundra Hotel Noccundra • History’s Footsteps Tour Footsteps History’s • Cameron Corner Cameron • • Wilson River Wilson • • Noccundra Hotel Noccundra • • The Grey Range Grey The • Beyond the Range Tour Range the Beyond • Currawinya National Park National Currawinya • • Hungerford, Royal Mail Hotel Mail Royal Hungerford, • • Kilcowera Station Kilcowera • Natural Experience Tour Experience Natural Thargomindah Cooper Creek Cooper on Tree Dig Wills and Burke The • Experience Artesian Bore Artesian and Plant Power Hydro Thargomindah • Pelican Point on the Bulloo River Bulloo the on Point Pelican • Lake Bindegolly National Park National Bindegolly Lake • Natural Sciences Loop Sciences Natural Outback Adventure - Queensland - Adventure Outback Thargomindah’s Self Drive Tours Drive Self Thargomindah’s Legend 1. Explorer’s Caravan Park Thargomindah Town Map Innamincka etc Tree, Dig Noccundra, To 2. Thargomindah Hospital Bulloo Development Road (Adventure Way) (Adventure Road Bulloo Development 3. Leahy House 4. Oasis Motel Drinking water/drinks available Artesian Well 5. Thargo Motors Reserve Toilets 6. Bulloo Shire Council Hydro 7. Shire Library & Internet Service Power Plant Town Dump ☎ Telephone 21 8. Thargomindah Swimming Pool 9. Thargomindah State School Start / Finish Heritage Walk 10. Thargomindah Community Aerodrome Centre Start / Finish River Walk ☎ Street Watts 11. Thargomindah Memorial Park Start / Finish Nature Walk 12. Thargomindah General Store 19 13. Catholic Church 14. Bulloo River Hotel/Motel 28 27 15. Dowling & Leahy Sculptures 33 Council Depot 16. Police Station Stafford Street Stafford Gilmour Street Easton Drive 17. Thargomindah Post Office New Cooling Old Hospital 18. Fergies Roadhouse & Freight Road to Ponds Town 19. General Trade Industries Cemetery Bore Street Eccles & Golf Club 34 20. CONDUIT Art Work 22 21. Hydro Power Plant 20 22. Old Thargomindah Hospital – 29 McGregor Street Visitor Information Centre (VIC) Shire Top Road to Yard Speedy Street 23. Old Thargomindah Printers Fitzwalter Street Fitzwalter Rodeo Grounds 24. Old Town Hall & Shire Office and Polocrosse Bike Track Frew Street 25. Cobb & Co Crossing Grounds Street Eccles 32 18 26. Old Thargomindah Cemetery 23 24 26 27. Present Day Cemetery Sams Street 28. Thargomindah Golf Club Caravan 17 To Cunnamulla Park 1 16 ☎ 1514 13 12 11 10 29. Polocrosse & Rodeo Grounds Dowling Street Bulloo Development Road (Adventure Way) 30. Skate Bowl 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ☎ 31. Napunyah Caravan Park Bike Track Powell Street 32. 25 Bulloo River 30 33. Dump Point & Washdown Facility Crossing Sports 34. Turnout’s Mechanical Services Ground 31 Picnic Area Bulloo River Bulloo River Pelican Point Picnic Area Inland, Outback, Out Here! Inland, Outback, Out Here! Out Outback, Inland, Web: www.thargotourism.com.au Web: Email: [email protected] Email: Tel: (07) 4655 3399 Fax: (07) 4655 3374 4655 (07) Fax: 3399 4655 (07) Tel: Thargomindah QLD 4492 QLD Thargomindah Cnr McGregor & Eccles Street Eccles & McGregor Cnr Thargomindah Visitor Information Centre Information Visitor Thargomindah Contact us: Contact • Innamincka • • The Dig Tree Dig The • • Coopers Creek Coopers • • Noccundra Hotel Noccundra • History’s Footsteps Tour Footsteps History’s • Cameron Corner Cameron • • Wilson River Wilson • • Noccundra Hotel Noccundra • • The Grey Range Grey The • Beyond the Range Tour Range the Beyond • Currawinya National Park National Currawinya • • Hungerford, Royal Mail Hotel Mail Royal Hungerford, • • Kilcowera Station Kilcowera • Natural Experience Tour Experience Natural Thargomindah Cooper Creek Cooper on Tree Dig Wills and Burke The • Experience Artesian Bore Artesian and Plant Power Hydro Thargomindah • Pelican Point on the Bulloo River Bulloo the on Point Pelican • Lake Bindegolly National Park National Bindegolly Lake • Natural Sciences Loop Sciences Natural Outback Adventure - Queensland - Adventure Outback Thargomindah’s Self Drive Tours Drive Self Thargomindah’s Legend 1. Explorer’s Caravan Park Thargomindah Town Map Innamincka etc Tree, Dig Noccundra, To 2. Thargomindah Hospital Bulloo Development Road (Adventure Way) (Adventure Road Bulloo Development 3. Leahy House 4. Oasis Motel Drinking water/drinks available Artesian Well 5. Thargo Motors Reserve Toilets 6. Bulloo Shire Council Hydro 7. Shire Library & Internet Service Power Plant Town Dump ☎ Telephone 21 8. Thargomindah Swimming Pool 9. Thargomindah State School Start / Finish Heritage Walk 10. Thargomindah Community Aerodrome Centre Start / Finish River Walk ☎ Street Watts 11. Thargomindah Memorial Park Start / Finish Nature Walk 12. Thargomindah General Store 19 13. Catholic Church 14. Bulloo River Hotel/Motel 28 27 15. Dowling & Leahy Sculptures 33 Council Depot 16. Police Station Stafford Street Stafford Gilmour Street Easton Drive 17. Thargomindah Post Office New Cooling Old Hospital 18. Fergies Roadhouse & Freight Road to Ponds Town 19. General Trade Industries Cemetery Bore Street Eccles & Golf Club 34 20. CONDUIT Art Work 22 21. Hydro Power Plant 20 22. Old Thargomindah Hospital – 29 McGregor Street Visitor Information Centre (VIC) Shire Top Road to Yard Speedy Street 23. Old Thargomindah Printers Fitzwalter Street Fitzwalter Rodeo Grounds 24. Old Town Hall & Shire Office and Polocrosse Bike Track Frew Street 25. Cobb & Co Crossing Grounds Street Eccles 32 18 26. Old Thargomindah Cemetery 23 24 26 27. Present Day Cemetery Sams Street 28. Thargomindah Golf Club Caravan 17 To Cunnamulla Park 1 16 ☎ 1514 13 12 11 10 29. Polocrosse & Rodeo Grounds Dowling Street Bulloo Development Road (Adventure Way) 30. Skate Bowl 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ☎ 31. Napunyah Caravan Park Bike Track Powell Street 32. 25 Bulloo River 30 33. Dump Point & Washdown Facility Crossing Sports 34. Turnout’s Mechanical Services Ground 31 Picnic Area Bulloo River Bulloo River Pelican Point Picnic Area Inland, Outback, Out Here! Service Directory Hotels & Motels Thargomindah Bulloo River Hotel/Motel Dowling Street 07 4655 3125 Inland, Outback, Out Here! Oasis Motel & Restaurant Dowling Street 07 4655 3155 Caravan Parks Thargomindah is an aboriginal word, which can be interpreted as either “Cloud of Dust” or “Echidna”, Explorers Caravan Park Dowling Street 07 4655 3307 depending on the chosen dialect. The town lies on the banks of the Bulloo River, 200 kilometers west of Napunyah Caravan Park Powell Street 07 4655 3198 Cunnamulla, and 1000 kilometers west of Brisbane. Station Stays In 1860 the epic expedition of Burke and Wills through far south west Queensland paved the way for settlement Kilcowera Station Hungerford Road 07 4655 4960 in the area. It was during this time that a remarkable bushman by the name of Vincent James Dowling Epsilon Station Near Cameron Corner 07 4655 4324 pioneered and settled Thargomindah Eating Places Station, which is situated on the opposite Fergie’s Roadhouse & Freight Stafford Street 07 4655 3313 side of the Bulloo River to where the town Oasis Restaurant Dowling Street 07 4655 3155 reserve of Thargomindah was gazetted on 31st December 1874. Bulloo River Hotel Dowling Street 07 4655 3125 Emergency Numbers Thargomindah has a population of Thargomindah Hospital Dowling Street 07 4655 3361 approximately 250 people, and the Thargomindah Police 000 (Emergency) Dowling Street 07 4655 3200 traditional source of industry in the Shire is State Emergency Service Dowling Street 07 4621 8000 Beef and Wool, however today, petroleum/ Ambulance 000 (Emergency) Dowling Street 07 4655 3361 oil and gas are a large part of the Shire’s economy. Bulloo Shire Council Dowling Street 07 4621 8000 Bulloo Shire Council Flood Truck 07 4621 8000 Each of the streets in Thargomindah is Airline named after residents or notable people Skytrans Booking Agent Gilmour Street 07 4655 3035 of the time. For example, Sams Street is named after the “Fighting Person”, Rev Hulton-Sams, a member of the ‘Bush Brothers”. It was believed that Banks he had a practice of preaching, and then holding a sparring session. A poem was widely circulated after his Thargomindah Post Office Gilmour Street 07 4655 3147 death in France during WWI. - Agency for a variety of Banks Services Facts and Figures Thargomindah Post Office Gilmour Street 07 4655 3147 Average Annual Rainfall: 10 inches (254 mls) QGAP (Police Station) Dowling Street 07 4655 3291 Elevation: 128.7m Centrelink Agency: Thargomindah General Store Dowling Street 07 4655 3232 Summer Temperature: 25 - 48.7˚C Thargo Motors Dowling Street 07 4655 3225 Winter Temperature: 0 - 24˚C Fergie’s Roadhouse & Freight Stafford Street 07 4655 3313 Shire Area: 74,000 sq kms General Trade Industries Stafford Street 07 4655 3031 Water Supply: Bore water Turnout’s Mechanical Services Stafford Street 0407 607 315 Great Artesian Basin or 07 4655 3101 Water Temperature: 82 - 84˚C Internet Facilities Bore Depth: 820m Thargomindah Library Dowling Street 07 4621 8023 Latitude: 27 degrees 59 S Longitude: 143 degrees 49 E Souvenirs Mobile Phone Service: Telstra Next G Fergie’s Roadhouse & Freight Cnr Stafford & Frew Streets 07 4655 3313 Thargomindah Post Office Gilmour Street 07 4655 3147 Annual
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