Here is a brief run down of where we we've been in outback Queensland. This top photo is at the Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach. Note the Qantas tail in the background as this town is also known as the home of Qantas - this is where the airline originated....
The street names in Longreach have no bearing on the local history but are named after birds - north/south streets after land birds and east/west streets after water birds.
This intersection caught our eye -

This intersection caught our eye -
We stayed a couple of days in Barcaldine and saw the Tree of Knowledge which is the birthplace of the Australian union movement and Labor Party. This is the site of a notorious shearers strike in the 1800s. The town is very worker/union oriented and has a large display of the proud heritage and history of the Australian union movement...
Every town, of course, has it's pubs - never only one.......... The town of Ravenswood is no exception. This old gold mining town has seen better days and was once quite thriving but today is a collection of old shoppes, a courthouse, jail, police station, primary school and two pubs. The Imperial Hotel was one of many pubs but now shares its clientele with only one other hotel. We had a counter lunch here and loved the old charm of the pub and the town....
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