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The remote Quilpie Shire is
one of the largest geographical Local Governments in the South West of
Queensland and is responsible for a total land area of 67,482 square
kilometres. The Shire's predominant industry is beef production
with opal mining, tourism and hospitality to a lesser extent. Due to
drought and economics wool production has declined considerably. The
discovery of oil and gas reserves within the shire has seen substantial
development in this industry. The town of Quilpie is the pivotal point of the Quilpie
Shire often referred to as 'Gateway to the Channel Country'. Quilpie
itself is situated one kilometre west of the Bulloo River, which is a
very well serviced township, on a semi-arid blanket. General Information Elevation 199.6m Latitude 26º 36’ 44” S Longitude 144º 15’ 28” E Shire Area 67,000sq Temperature Temperature Max 46.5ºC, Min –2.3ºC Average Temperatures Max 29.1ºC Min 15.3ºC Average Yearly Rainfall 254 – 279mm Clear Day Average 200 Monthly Climate Statistics Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg Max 35°C 34°C 32°C 28°C 23°C 19°C 19°C 21°C 26°C 29°C 32°C 34°C Avg Min 21°C 21°C 18°C 14°C 9°C 5°C 3°C 6°C 9°C 14°C 18°C 20°C Avg Precip 71mm 56mm 58mm 33mm 41mm 18mm 25mm 23mm 20mm 30mm 43mm 53mm Population
Quilpie Shire 1200 Quilpie 620 Eromanga 80 Adavale 12 Toompine 4 Cheepie 2 980km west of Brisbane Quilpie Shire Council maintains a Shire road network of
approximately 1,900km of which approximately 100km is sealed. Further,
Council maintains the State controlled road network in excess of 700km
of which just over 500km is sealed. Maintenance of the Shire road network is funded
primarily from the roads component of the Financial Assistance Grant
and the maintenance of the State controlled network is funded through
the Department of Main Roads through its Road Maintenance Performance
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