DESTINATION: Chinchilla

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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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 regions fertile black soil is a by-product of ancient volcanic activity, as are the mountain peaks of the Great Dividing Range, which form the eastern boundary of this region. more

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

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