Last Day In Blackall

Wood, wool and water, Blackall Sculpture Trail

A lazy morning this morning, just reading the paper and catching up on the news. We did a bit of brainstorming on future plans (didn’t take long, there’s not much brain to storm). We decided to have one last fling in the Blackall retail space and headed up an alternate route which revealed yet another couple of Blackall sights, the first being a tribute to wood, wind and wool.

Hot water from the Great Artesian Basin flowing freely down a drain??

We passed the site of the original artesian water bore. Blackall currently gets their drinking water straight from the Artesian Basin and hot water is piped around the town. Water from the bore flowed at an astonishing 630,000 litres per day in 1985.

The Old Masonic Lodge building, Blackall

We then headed to the heritage listed old Masonic Hall, now housing a delightful cafe (no goat on the menu) and clothing. Enjoyed a very nice lunch there before ambling back to camp to ready ourselves for the trip south to Charleville.

Toasted Turkish Bread with Roast Beef and Caramelised Onions

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