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  • TravelerNorth Queensland then West

    Paddabilla Bore

    September 15, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    On our trip from Eulo to Cunnamulla, we decided to stop for the night at Paddabilla bore. This bore was drilled here to water travelling stock. It is still used to water stock and now by the travelling public as a rest stop. It is interesting to look at the old watering trough and the Turkey nest cooling tank. Water still rises under pressure at a lukewarm temperature. I think if the water were allowed to flow at a high rate it would be hotter.

    The other side of Eulo there is an extinct mud spring. It was a natural vent for the artesian basin when the pressure rose very high. Seepage kept the mud wetted continuously for thousands (or even millions) of years. Since humans learned to drill into the artesian aquifer, the artesian has dropped drastically and some bores don't flow at all. These seepage points have ceased to flow. Natural watering spots and native animal habitat have become extinct.

    The mound of mud near Eulo would only get soft now with a good rainy season. Normally it is dry.

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    This is mulga Country. Rather than try to tell it all myself, I have copied a sign.

    Mulga - Acacia aneura

    This long lived small tree grows to
    between 6-9m. Its ascending branches
    catch every last drop of rain available and
    send it to the root zone. The leaves of the
    mulga are leathery and well adapted to
    harsh semi-arid environments.

    The mulga tree grows mainly on red
    soil, sandy plains and stony country.
    The type of soil dictates the growth
    and habit. The timber is very hard and
    was used by aborigines to make
    implements necessary for their
    survival. The mulga tree is a major
    stock feed source particularly
    during times of drought.    Read more

  • TravelerBird tracks in Queensland

    Paddabilla Bore Birds

    September 14, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    A nice spot to stay and I wandered looking for birds during our overnight stay, in the afternoon and the following morning. I thought I was leaving the place without anything special birdwise when I happened to see a parrot shape land in a tree. It just looked like a shadow on the camera screen but, after downloading the image onto a larger screen, I realised I had photographed the Bourke’s Parrot. The morning walk had been a fruitful venture after all.

    Willie Wagtail
    Spotted Bowerbird
    Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
    Little Friarbird
    Bourke's Parrot
    Black-fronted Dotterel
    Crested Pigeon
    Magpie-lark
    Grey Teal
    Hooded Robin
    Red-backed Kingfisher
    Singing Honeyeater    Read more

  • TravelerNorth Queensland then West

    Eulo Flood Truck and Air Raid Shelter

    September 14, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    It is interesting the innovation in our great country. The creek crossings are too deep for the cars and trucks. Let's put a lift kit in the old truck.

    Now an air Raid shelter in way out in the sticks Eulo? Seems unnessary right? Well perhaps if you consider how close we are to Charleville, and the crucial role of the base there you might have been a nervous native. I was not aware myself of the importance of Charleville base until we took the military history tour there on our last visit.

    Info on display at the Eulo Shop

     THE OLD EULO FLOOD TRUCK

    LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE STORE

    So the famous Eulo flood truck is back at the Store! Not to pick up groceries and people this time, but for us to reminisce! For those who are wondering, the flood truck is an old Dodge that has been raised in order to be able to drive through flood waters and carry people and goods through to the other side. Under the careful guidance of her regular driver Brian Luetchford, she could take on the 1.2m of Paroo floodwater safely. Using the swirls made by water rushing by the tops
    of the guideposts and the bumps of the stone pitching on the road edges below, Brian made countless journeys from one side of the Paroo to the other. Whether it was food, patients for the RFDS Clinic, mail, whole shearing teams or just those desperate to get to the pub, she performed an invaluable service to the people of the southwest - and she never once stopped in the middle!

    It was a great experience to ride on the flood truck, climbing up the ladder to the back, dodging the holes in the floor and if you were quick, you might get a spot to sit on the old bus seat and take in the view of the mighty Paroo in flood! She was originally donated by local grazier Tim Ecroyd, and the Bulloo Shire then carried out the modifications necessary for her to cross the River at Eulo when inflood so that people and groceries could cross the Paroo and then in turn allow the same to be freighted further west to them. It's about 5 years since she has been decommissioned, as we have a new flood truck now (still fairly wild) but her service to the community won't be forgotten!

    AIR RAID SHELTER

    THE SHELTER WAS BUILT DURING WWII BY THEN STORE PROPRIETOR, HILTON NEWSHAM (GREAT GRANDFATHER OF CURRENT STORE OWNER!) TO PROTECT EULO RESIDENTS IN THE EVENT OF AN ATTACK BY THE JAPANESE. THE DESIGN OF THE SHELTER IS KNOWN AS AN 'ANDERSON AIR RAID SHELTER', COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN THE WAR AS 'THE ANDY'.    Read more

  • TravelerLake Eyre & Uluru
    Day 9

    Paddabilla Bore

    August 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    On the way out to Eulo we checked out this spot. It is quite a large area where camping is allowed. Water is available from the artesian bore.

    Many years ago this would have been an important stop on the stock route. Now there is little evidence apart from the huge long stock watering trough.

    We decided to stop here for the ight before we continue our way southward towards Broken Hill.    Read more

  • TravelerLake Eyre & Uluru
    Day 9

    Eulo

    August 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    We decided to take a run out to Eulo. Here lizards outnumber people at least 1,000 to 1. Home of the lizard races every year they gather round the race track and bet on the fastest lizards.

    Situated on the Paroo River this town is in a very dry region. There is a pub, shop, craft shop, gemstone shop and others.Read more

  • Gassman on da roadBirdsville or Bust
    Day 4

    Eulo Hotel

    August 28, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Arrived here and set up camp on the banks of the Paroo river.
    I am sitting here while dinner is being cooked contemplating life while staring into the falmes of a fire with a bevvy in hand. Some things that stick out to me are:
    1. How lucky we are to live on this beautiful/dramatic country.
    2. How lucky I am to have a wife and family who allow me to enjoy such a precious/ funny/ adventurous time with great friends.
    3. How great country folk are at welcoming you into their world and wanting to have a chat
    4. How great the stars are at night out of the city.
    5. How we get caught up in our own hulubulu of every day life. There is a big wide world out there to explore and experience.

    Today we traveled drom the Culgoa national park with Kenny getting the donkey shirt for a few funny personal injuries. Numerous times he was asked about it his shirt.
    After a stop over on cunnamulla and stop in at the local it was on to Eulo where we are now.
    A trip to see the mud baths was intereating and at $60 per head we decided not to. The proprietor looked at us like we might have batted for the other team.
    A "toddie" swim in the paroo with a few beers at the eulo hotel and another great day has been ha.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth-west Qld winter 2023
    Day 8

    Eulo bore to Quilpie Road (and back)

    July 1, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    After leaving Eulo bore, we had a quick nose around some of the more interesting looking places we could find just off the highway to Eulo, and then drove around 15km north up the Quilpie Road, looking for a spot where Marty had found Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush and White-browed treecreeper over 15 years ago.

    We drove slowly along the old highway, now disused and gradually being reclaimed by the forces of nature... It was a hive of bird activity: a pair of Pink (Major Mitchell) cockatoos swung past and yelled hi; multiple parties of Chestnut-rumped thornbills, Splendid fairy-wrens, Striped and Spiny-cheeked HE's. The nectivores were clearly being attracted not only to clumps of flowering mistletoes, but also to a beautiful eucalypt with glossy leaves and half-bare ochrey/coppery-coloured bark, that favoured waterways along with the regular Eucalyptus coolabah - we worked out they were Yapunyah trees, common within their restricted range around Thargomindah.

    Up the Quilpie Road, not much was happening for us birdwise right at this time, as we avoided one caravan/trailer combination after another, possibly ducking and weaving to avoid the inclement weather (rain and very cold conditions were forecast to sweep through). Once we got back to Eulo, we realised that a more immediate issue was driving the traffic: the town had run out of diesel, right in the middle of the Cunnamulla Fella festival. We drove back to Cunnamulla to fuel up, as we were aiming to get at least 2 nights in Currawinya National Park, before the rain closed the access roads.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth-west Qld winter 2023
    Day 7

    Eulo bore

    June 30, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We camped overnight at the bore east of Eulo, along with a small sample of what Sal is calling for her sanity's sake the every man and his Ram crowd. To be fair, we turned up in the middle of the Cunnamulla Fella long weekend rodeo. We both felt a bit down, as the site has become a massive free camp footprint; so instead of sitting quietly, unobserved, waiting for Bourke's parrots to come to drink on sundown, we were watched by dozens of pairs of eyes, all sitting around in tight caravan/camper trailer social circles, each with a sizeable fire, music playing, voices at full pitch, and with occupants never setting foot outside a 5 metre radius of their camp rings. Oh well. Hopefully they aren't the ones responsible for all the emu roadkill along the highway...

    Anyway, some birds persist. Around 5am we heard an Owlet-nightjar calling near our camp. On our morning walk, we saw Sal's first Mulga parrots - an extraordinary male and female, feeding on small seed in the morning light - possibly the most beautiful birds Sal has ever seen; certainly the most beautiful parrots. Nearby were her first Chestnut-crowned babblers, plumage colours reminiscent of White-browed woodswallows; large, charismatic, wary birds. Also sticking to their guns on their patches were Red-capped and Hooded robin pairs, Singing honeyeaters, a few Brown treecreepers, and a solitary Australasian grebe and Grey teal on the bore overflow, to whom we waved goodbye as we headed off past Eulo for quieter birding pastures...    Read more

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