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20260712 Qld Capella, Emerald to Alpha

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20260712 So here we are in the town of Capella and it looks pleasant enough, there’s a free camp opposite the Hotel and you can use the hotels washing machines, so on goes the washing while we wonder to the pub for a quick bit to eat and watch a bit of the boring UFC world champion that lasted 52 seconds, now thats the sort of match I like to watch, over and done with in under a minute.  Capella is only 50km north of Emerald on the Gregory Highway, it was founded in the 1860s as a pastoral outpost to a booming agricultural and of cause a mining town. It amazes me how these small town’s keep going with just a pub and a small convenience store not to mention, the amazing memorial's they have on display. It was after WW11, grazing land was converted for broadacre grain production but due to poor seasons it was unsuccessful, but it paved the way for sorghum and sunflower cultivation. Then in 1979 the mining boom hit and the Gregory coal mine was opened transforming Capella into a bustl...
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20260710 QLD Coppabella, Moranbah & Clermont

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20260710 We called into the town of Coppabella a rural town in the Isaac region, established by Queensland Railways to accommodate train crew and railway maintenance staff. Recognised for its large mining monument at the entrance of the town, Coppabella was designed to service the junction of two railway lines, one from Goonyella Mine and the other from Saraji Mine. The railway line would then continue on to the sea at Hay Point, Sarina. The Goonyella to Hay Point line was opened on the 5 November 1971 and the Coppabella Railway Station was opened on the same day. These days Coppabella is wholly owned and operated by Queensland Railway, in other words, the people of Queensland. The large monument as you enter the town Coppabella’s represents the town's rich coal-mining and railway heritage, it features a massive aluminium gondola coal hopper that was erected to commemorate the town's 25th anniversary. Passing into the Central Highlands w e continued onto Moranbah watching the  ...
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Location: Coppabella QLD 4741, Australia
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20260705 Qld Finch Hatton

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20260706  After a fun filled few days we pack up and head to Sarina for supplies after that who the hell know’s where we will end up, we’re feeling a bit buggered so it won’t be far today. The rain’s heading our way so we camped at the Showgrounds, we both jumped into bed and slept the afternoon away, that festival has taken its toll on our poor old bodies.  20260707 Waking all refreshed we headed inland to Finch Hatton to catch up with Jodies who’s recently brought another property that we are yet to see. Through Homebush where Pinger lives but unfortunately has plans, f ollowing the Mirani-Eton Rd we continued  through the cane fields until we reached the Pinnacle Pub where I got a text from Jodie, ha just pulled into the Pinnacle as you drove past, WTF, there’s no turning around so she followed us to Finch Hatton. We park the van and pile into her 4WD to check out the road into her block but as soon as Des saw the mud all over her truck, there was no way he was takin...
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Location: Finch Hatton QLD 4756, Australia
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