6 November 2016 - Around Cunnamulla

We visited Cunnamulla back in November 2014 and rather than rewrite another blog with little, if any difference, we have copied and pasted that blog, as a part substitute for today's blog.  We have made some 6 November 2016 observations towards the end of the blog.

Start 2014 Blog - Cunnamulla is a small river town, but it is well maintained and the main street and the Civic Centre were well presented.  We visited the tourist sites around the town including the weir and the bridge crossing the Warrego River.  The town draws its water from the Great Artesian Basin, not from the river.  Cunnamulla's icon is the "Cunnamulla Fella" and a giant statue of him sits at the front of the Civic Centre.  The "Cunnamulla Fella" is immortalised in a song by Stan Costa and Slim Dusty.

261114 Sand dunes behind our caravan park at Cunnamulla 

261114 The Allan Tannoch Weir on the Warrego River at Cunnamulla

261114 The Warrego River upstream from the weir 

261114 The "Cunnamulla Fella" at the Cunnamulla Civic Centre

261114 The main street in Cunnamulla

261114 The Warrego from the Darby Land Bridge

Cunnamulla's history includes a robbery from the Queensland National Bank by Joseph Wells in 1880.  He attempted to hide in the "Robbery Tree" but was captured and eventually hanged for his crime.  The tree still remains.

261114 The Robbery Tree

We have seen a lot of goats this trip but today we saw more than we have ever seen in one spot, probably destined for the abattoirs.

261114 Goats captured wild and held for transport to an abbatoir

There were a couple of other interesting sights around Cunnamulla, as the following pictures show.

261114 An unusual sign near the Warrego River - and only one turtle?
Didn't see the turtle anyway

261114 Some of the locals taking shade at the Cunnamulla Cemetery

261114 A beautiful poinciana at Cunnamulla

Start 6 November 2016 blog.  It was a lovely warm day today, reaching only 28 degrees and much cooler than yesterday's 36 degrees.  We took new pictures today where we could see some change from 2014. Most noticeable were the quality of roses in the main street, the greater amount of water in the Warrego River, the absence of floating plant growth along the river banks and water flowing over the Allan Tannoch Weir.

061116 Roses in Cunnamulla's main roundabout

061116 The Warrego River  - no growth on the river's edge

061116 Allan Tannock Weir on the Warrego River
with water flowing over the weir.  Note people
cooling off on the weir

061116 More of the weir

061116 Looking upstream from the weir

061116 More of the weir