From Mt Isa we continued east along the Flinders Highway (The Overlander Way), past a monument to the local Kalkadoon Aboriginal people (who didn’t fare well at the hands of early settlers and their Native Police cohorts) and an obelisk at a spot where Burke and Wills travelled on their way north in January 1861. […]
The Julia Creek Dirt n Dust Festival
Like all good stories, the Julia Creek Dirt n Dust Festival all began with a round of drinks. In 1994 a few locals sat around spinning yarns over a cold one at the local Town & Country Club when the topic of conversation shifted to one question “How do we put our town on the […]