20120823 Qld Eulo to Cunnamulla

20120823 The wind was blowing heavy and with nothing but wide-open space the word “prairie” comes to mind as we drive through this huge area of rolling planes with its scatted scrubs.


 Driving to Eulo the red dust was flying over the road, at one stage when we looked back it even looked as though it was following us.
The narrow road taken us to Eulo with the odd car passing by, thank god.
Eulo
 
Artesian water opened up the outback and the unique town of Eulo (population 48) was settled because of its position on the stock route which was on the banks of the pristine Paroo River. 
 
This old fence was my highlight in Eulo especially once I changed it to black and white, some of these towns are a photographers dream.

We camped on the Paroo River and was walking around when I say a guy we meet when we were camped up just outside of Longreach, so we walked over to say, g’day mate.

Later in the afternoon I go for my usual walk to take my sunset photos, it’s amazing how fast the colour of the sky changes, one minute it's blue the next its pink.



24-08-2012 Some last minute shots before leaving for Cunnamulla said goodbye to Doug and hit the road.

Sir Thomas Mitchell explored the upper reaches of the Warrago River in 1846 and his 2nd in command; Edmund Kennedy returned the following year and further explored the Warrego River plain who reported favourably on the districts prospects, but little settlement followed, as Brisbane was the focus point at that stage.  It wasn’t until 1862 an expedition lead by William Landsborough who further reported on the area triggered an inflow of settlers and entrepreneurial graziers.  Samuel and John Smith took up their Harriman pastoral run thereabouts soon after Landsborough’s expedition.  The Smith sold out to Cobb & Co which renamed the place Cunnamulla, an aboriginal expression of uncertain meaning, but possibly describing the Warrego River.  By 1880 the town had a population of 200.
 

The Cunnamulla Fella is a song written by Stan Coster and Sung by Slim Dusty.  He was an iconic Australian Bush character.  The Statue was erected as a tribute to Stan and Slim and the ‘ringers’ of the bush and the statue is double life size bronze.

We left Cunnamulla late in the afternoon heading for Bollon 180ks which meant a late stop and many animals on the road at dusk, not good. I spotted a dam just off the road a bit, why don't we park up there for the night? So Des turned around and stopped for the night. He put a pot in for some yabbies but I don’t like his chance’s, it too cold.

Location: Cunnamulla QLD 4490, Australia

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