Thread: Boulia

I guess that the problem with the old and remote towns in Qld is thet they are going to be negleted more and more
I lived for 5 years and like very much Childers but now with the merge of the councils I bet that it is going to get last in the priority list behind Bundy and Bargara

I had a beer recently with the guy that used to run the Mungeranie Roadhouse on the Birdsville track, he is the neighbour of some friends in Innisfail, having moved there from Mungerainie about 2 years ago.Hates North Queensland, reckons it rains too much.Guess where he's moving to? Boulia, reckons at least he will have some bitumen to ride his Harley on.Nice little town, and Mt Isa only just up the road.

I was there 2 months ago and found it to be a good little town. Had dinner at the pub which seemed clean and not raucous.

Walked home to the van park, and no"local" problem or shouting all night like you get in say Mataranka.

The supermarket/hardware shop was good with friendly staff.

It's becoming popular with the caravans going as far west as possible on the bitumen.

Regards Philip A

I moved to Quilpie 2 years ago and think it is a great town.
No roundabouts or traffic lights here

Stayed a couple of nights in Quilpie recently I thought it was a great little town.Of the bigger ones I liked Blackall.That's only a visitor's perspective though,
Cheers,
Mary

Boulia is a village on the edge of nowhere. Has about 140 people, one pub, and is the council town. Mt. Isa is the nearest centre for services like health care, Centrelink, major shopping etc. Mt. Isa is 280 k's north. I spent much of my childhood and youth in Winton which at four pubs and 1400 people is considerably bigger, but I could not live there or anywhere like it again. Nice for a visit. If you don't mind the extremes of climate, the lack of services, the distances from anywhere, high cost of living, lack of entertainment, etc. then go for it. Remote outback living is not everyone's cup of tea. There are other quite nice little towns in the west that are probably more attractive and less isolated than Boulia but all suffer from the "tyranny of distance", the lack of services as above. Barcaldine, Blackall, Tambo, Augathella are pretty good as outback smaller towns go.

Watch out for the dog. He herds people into the pub

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Tambo

coldest place i have come across in qld... and the blankets in the old pub were orignal 1810 spun cast iron. had to cock your elbows so you could breathe... nearly did me an injury

no thanks not for all the tea in atherton.