20220601 NSW Mungindi

20220601 The farmers have started harvesting there cotton as we pass many trucks carting the huge bales wrapped in yellow plastic and the farms are lined with cotton bales ready for pick up. We arrived in Mungindi and noticed a nice cleared patch of grass right next to the cemetery that had our name on so Des was quick to turn around and claim it for the night. Once we parked up we walked down the road to what we thought was the main town only to find we had to take a left turn and walk much further to get to the town centre, arr well, we could do with the exercise.

With a Population of around 700, which I’m guessing must be out on stations because the town shows no signs of much activity and most of the shops are closed down, even the local pub shut down a few weeks back. The district produces wheat, cotton, sheep and beef cattle for local, national and international markets.

It’s a fact that Mungindi is unique in as it is located in two states, QLD and NSW, although it has a New South Wales postcode and is the only border town in the Southern Hemisphere with the same name in two states.

In a normal season, Australia's cotton growers produce around 4 million bales of cotton, enough to clothe around 500 million people.

The homestead has seen better days but it’s old places like this that captures my curiosity, if only these wall could talk. 

This mural depicts the working sheep farmers and dog.

The Iron Jack Hotel is no more, apparently it closed down about three weeks ago.

This mural is on the outside wall of the pub and I’m thinking  it’s about, after a hard days work and it’s time for a beer.😋

Lucky for Mungindi there’s a pub they call the two mile pub just 2ks up the road on the Queensland side.

Walking the streets when a couple of tourists we had a little chat with told us about the flood waters under the bridge, so that was me as I head to Queensland and left Des in NSW to returned to the van, how weird is that.

The Barron River in flood.

The picnic grounds under the bridge on the Barron River and although the waters have receded there is definitely still no sitting at the picnic tables. 

At a closer look of the  bridge on the LHS you can see where the flood waters have risen to.


Sculpture of a Roo line the walking path over the bridge and into QLD.

I thought the turtle was well done, well it’s better than making land fill from scrap materials.
 
On my return walk I took a detour down a side street and came upon these old Queenslanders, a bit run down but still lived in.

This old relic is a reminder of times gone by and what was once a modern car in its day.

Well! The sign says it all.

Mungindi, The Town in Two States, QLD & NSW
Location: Mungindi QLD, Australia

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