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Chinchilla

Located in rugged country in the Western Darling Downs, 295km NW of Brisbane, Chinchilla is largely reliant on primary production from the excellent grazing and grain-growing pastures and on sawmilling.


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Chinchilla Folk Museum is a complex of 10 buildings, including the original town gaol and school; an 1880s slab cottage with authentic furnishings and displays of photographs, memorabilia and fashion of the times.

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Chinchilla attracts many people to its gem and petrified-wood fossicking area; a stump of petrified wood is displayed outside the Cultural Centre. Fishing and canoeing on Charley's Creek and Condamine River are popular.

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Accommodation and what to do guide to the Western Downs, QLD

Roadside Letterboxes, Ravensbourne - Paul Ewart Photographer queensland | 2009-02-09 | Head into the wide open spaces and the rich pioneering history of real Queensland country. The principal towns with a range of accommodation are Roma, Chinchilla, Goondiwindi & St George. | read more

 

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. cmsadmin. (2005, May 20). Chinchilla. Retrieved July 05, 2009, from Plan Book Travel Australia Web site: http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/australia/qld/chinchilla. This work is licensed under a Universal Publishers. Universal Publishers

Region: Western Downs

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Located 100km inland from Brisbane, the verdant plains of the Darling Downs are dotted with farmhouses, pastures, crops and grazing lands. The Darling Downs are often associated with the grand old pastoralists of south-east Queensland. more

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Warrego Hwy (opposite Pioneer Cemetery) Ph: (07) 4668 9564

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Accommodation and what to do guide to the Western Downs, QLD

Roadside Letterboxes, Ravensbourne - Paul Ewart Photographer queensland | 2009-02-09 | Head into the wide open spaces and the rich pioneering history of real Queensland country. The principal towns with a range of accommodation are Roma, Chinchilla, Goondiwindi & St George. | read more

 

 

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