DESTINATION: Julia Creek

This small service township is located 134km east of Cloncurry on the main route from Townsville to Mount Isa. Julia Creek is a stock-trucking and sales centre with impressive stockyards.

Main Attractions

MacIntyre Museum, in Burke St, was named after Duncan MacIntyre, the first European settler in north-west Queensland. Displays include memorabilia of the township and McKinlay Shire. The area is home to the rare and endangered nocturnal marsupial, the Julia Creek dunnart. The Dirt and Dust Triathlon is Julia Creek's major sporting event and is held in April. The race attracts thousands of competitors and tourists.

Nearby attractions

Kynuna, 115km to the south, is where A B 'Banjo' Paterson wrote the Australian ballad, Waltzing Matilda. A cairn now marks the spot where events in the ballad took place; a hut used by Paterson can be seen behind the Kynuna Roadhouse. Kynuna was once a staging post for Cobb & Co coaches and the original 1889 bush pub, Blue Heeler Hotel, still stands. West of Kynuna is McKinlay, best known for its pub, Walkabout Creek Hotel. This hotel and other buildings in the town featured in the movie, Crocodile Dundee.

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Region: Outback Queensland

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Shire Offices, Julia St, Ph: (07) 4746 7166

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