Quilpie Shire has plenty to offer the visitor. With five towns that make up the shire, there are plenty of activities and things to see and do as you travel through each of our communities. Why not visit the opal alter in
Quilpie? Find out why the cemetery is called 'cemery' in
Toompine. Visit
Eromanga - the furthest town from the sea. How about post a letter from
Cheepie or have a beer in the
Adavale Pub?
Here are some quick ideas to get you going:
Visit the furthest town from the ocean - Eromanga and have a picnic at the Opalopolis Park while viewing the stunning mining memorial statue that represents the past, present and future opal miners and visit the Living History Centre
Visit the end of the Railway Line in Quilpie and take a photo to prove it
Visit the only opal altar, lectern and font in Australia in Quilpie's St Finbarr's Church
Have you ever seen a 'cemery', find out why the Toompine local cemetery is called 'Cemery'
Meet Cheepie's whole population (2 people) and post a letter with the Cheepie Post Office stamp on it.
Visit the regional and remote Adavale Surf Lifesaving Club, while there get your photo with a giant beer can and see the giant bullock horns
Explore the history of the Blackwater Creek floodway in Adavale built by Polish migrants
Piece together the old Quilpie Hospital in Quilpie
Climb to the top of Baldy Top lookout, one of the highest points in western Queensland, just outside Quilpie
Watch out for the cattle in the main street of Quilpie and discover how the stockmen continues to keep them all under control
See the side in Western Queensland where Amy Johnson landed in Quilpie
See sprinklers work and wash your car powered by Quilpie's artesian bore water
Visit Toompine - the pub with no town