20120416 Qld Hebel to St George

We were told about another country pub at Hebel, of cause we had to check it out. Hebel Hotel was originally a Cobb & Co  stopover, which opened in 1894, originally known as Kelly’s Point and  was changed to Hebel in the early 1880’s.

The Hebel Hotel

We pulled up and ordered a raspberry and lemonade, had a good chat to the publican who had been there for over 25 years, I took my picks then we left and camped over the road.

We camped up on the weir, Des tried for some yabbies but gave up there nothing in this weir only lots of Carp.  A car pulled in with two rugged looking guy with four dogs and a cat.  They looked rugged but nice to talk to.

Our next stop was Dirranbandi for a browse and hopefully find a Bakery, nop, not in this town.

Northern N.S.W is a large cotton industry, many trucks pass through this town carrying large bales of cotton.

We arrived in St George and walked the town ending up at the St George Bridge where I took photo's of the amazing sunset.  A cairn commemorates the crossing of the river by Thomas Mitchell in 1846 a plaque also denotes the spot where Mitchell camped, naming the natural crossing point St George Bridge as it was discovered on St George Day.

The weir is a mass concrete construction standing 5.8 metres high and is fitted with 13 vertical lift gates each 8.2 metres wide by 2.1 metres high.  The storage capacity of the weir is 10,100 megalitres .  The Andrew Nixon Bridge was completed in 1953.

The continuous change of colours over the St George bridge at sun set.

0418  We woke to a very fogey morning so I was up and out the door for some more shots before stopping at the IGA then onto the park for photos of a War Memorial and some Murals around town.

The History of Transport Mural, painted by Peter Caporn and measures 13.2 x 2.7 metres, scenes on the mural are titled “Racing the Storm”, “Crossing the Balonne” and “To the Sales”.  The first scene is of the Yuleba to St George Cobb & Co. Coach racing the fierce storm. A bullock team crossing the Balonne appears in the second scene and the third is of a family heading into town for the sales.

The Cotton Mural was sponsored by the St George Growers Association; it depicts the history of the local cotton industry.  It features the Jack Taylor weir as the vital component in the beginnings of the St George cotton industry.

Warrant Officer Leonard Water is recognized as the only known Aboriginal Fighter pilot to serve in WW2. 
He joined the RAAF one day before the battle of the Coral Sea on August 24, 1942 working as a ground staff then trained as a flight mechanic. Later a shortage of pilots required the RAAF to call for more airmen. Leonard volunteered for aircrew in Dec 1943 and commenced training with 148 other student, 48 were accepted, and Leonard came 4th overall.
















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Location: St Georges SA 5064, Australia

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