Travel Action Matilda Country Magazine 2023 - Volume 34

Centre in Maryborough Street. The centre is part of a complex that takes
in the town library and has internet access. The complex is also on the
history walk, so wander around the property to see the 1906 slab hut
at the Whitula Gate Museum and the old Cooper Queen, a steel hulled
boat once used to row supplies across the water to the town. Other
points of interest around town include a water bore, churches, memorial
rocks and a private residence that was once the local courthouse.
The Walking Together Park is a recent addition, showcasing a
mosaicked yellowbelly by local artist Margaret Stevenson, and some
fantastic life-size sculptured animals created from steel and barbed
wire. Pull up near the water tower and walk around the park, located at
the northern entrance to town.
Just out of town on the Quilpie Road is Windorah’s solar farm—five sunreflecting
mirror dishes which provide daytime electricity to the town.
While you’re in town, try out the nine-hole golf course with its sand
greens. And if you’re keen on the outdoors, camping is allowed at the
creek. Drop in a line while you’re there. Kids love the giant snakes and
ladders mosaic in the park. Pick up your giant dice at the information
centre so you can have a family game! While the kids are having fun
‘being’ the pieces in the game, the parents usually appreciate the fact
that it’s a beautiful work of art.
A friendly place to have a drink is the Western Star Hotel Motel.
The hotel has lots of timber features, from sturdy log supports for the
verandahs to complete timber lining in the bar. One of the aspects most
appreciated by guests is the feeling of space. There’s an undercover
beer garden, a roofed outdoor sitting area off the bar and pool room,
indoor and outdoor dining areas at the restaurant and lawns and
gardens surround it all.
Accommodation is available in motel and hotel styles, while the Sandhill
Grill, which is in a separate building, is open for breakfast, lunch and
dinner … and snacks in between. So plan on pub grub for lunch or
dinner and get burgers, wraps and sandwiches any time. Bookings can
be made at bookings@westernstarhotel.biz
If you’re towing a van or have brought your tent, pick a site at the
council’s Windorah Caravan Park, which has public amenities, coinoperated
laundry and fly-proof dining area.
The Barcoo Shire is famed for being where two rivers meet to form a
creek. The Thomson River runs close to both Stonehenge and Jundah.
Where the Thomson meets the Barcoo River north of Windorah, the
famous Cooper Creek is born.
Be in town for the Windorah International Yabby Races on Wednesday
August 30th, 2023 … it’s great fun! Other events are the Windorah
Yellowbelly Hunt Fishing Competition (May Day long weekend) Bronco
Branding, Gymkhana and Stockmen’s Challenge (July) and the
Campdraft and Rodeo (August).
Yabby races
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