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| The famous 'Paroo Track'
which is where the world lizard racing championships
are held each year. |
Eulo (including Yowah)
Fascinating outback township where, each year, they hold
the world lizard racing championships.
Located 64 km west of Cunnamulla and 887 km west of
Brisbane, Eulo is basically little more than a one-pub,
one-general store town and yet it has a charm which makes it
something more than just another outback Queensland town.
As you enter Eulo, on the right, before the Eulo Queen
pub, is the famous 'Paroo Track' which is where the world
lizard racing championships are held each August. At the
left-hand side of the track is a piece of granite with a
plaque which reads: 'Cunnamulla-Eulo Festival of Opals. 'Destructo',
champion racing cockroach accidentally killed at this track
(24.8.1980) after winning the challange (sic) stakes against
'Wooden Head' champion racing lizard 1980. Unveiled
23.8.81'. Somehow the spelling mistake, the absurdity of a
cockroach racing a lizard, the circumstances under which the
cockroach was trodden underfoot (by a drunken and
enthusiastic punter, perhaps?), all lend an immediate charm
to the town.
Like Yowah, Eulo has seasonal variations in its
population. In winter some dozen beekeepers bring their bees
from the south to feed on the eucalypts in the area. The
honey, a distinctive Warrego variety, is dark and delicious.
Things to see:
The Eulo Queen Hotel
The centrepiece of the town is the Eulo Queen Hotel in the
main street. It was named after Isabel MacIntosh who became
known as the Opal Queen of Eulo. She had arrived in
Australia in 1876, worked as a governess on a station near
Bourke, and married a man called MacIntosh who, at the time,
was the overseer on the station. The couple later ran the
store near Cunnamulla where the Cobb & Co. coaches stopped.
With the profits from this venture they bought the hotel at
Eulo. It was here that the opal miners came to drink and it
was through this connection that Isabel accumulated a
collection of opals which were reputedly worth over £4000.
Throughout the far west of Queensland she became known as
the 'Eulo Queen'.
Mud Springs
8 km out of Eulo on the road to Thargomindah is a sign which
reads: 'Mud Springs. Built up over centuries these springs
and others like them were the original release valves for
the Great Artesian Basin. The tops are soft and jelly like
and are the release valves. Occasionally they do explode
with a loud report audible for miles.'
If you cross the stile and walk about 100 metres you will
see a large mound. Climb to the top and there is a stick
which, when pushed into the mound, sinks into a bed of soft
clay. In spite of its hard exterior the mound is obviously a
thick, glutinous clay.
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| Yowah's Museum
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Yowah
Ironically, although it is nothing more than a series of
rather haphazardous buildings ranging from caravans to
lean-tos, Yowah is the second-largest town in the Paroo
Shire.
Yowah has been an opal field for nearly a century. In the
1890s its population grew to 400 or 500 but today it ranges
from about 50 in summer to around 100 in winter. The
variation is produced by people, mostly Victorians, who seek
the Queensland warmth in wintertime.
The main attraction of the area are the valuable opal
deposits known as 'Yowah Nuts'. To the uninitiated they look
like rocks but when split open they sometimes contain a
centre of pure opal.
Visitors to this lonely settlement should make the trip
up to 'The Bluff' which is where the large radio transmitter
is located. The Bluff offers excellent views over the whole
area. Also a trip to the golf course, with its open-air
clubhouse, large 'dunny' and sandy greens and fairways is
interesting. A few hundred metres beyond the clubhouse are
the mines where the locals dig for opals. Such has been the
success of this isolated town that it now has electricity,
tarred roads and a Rural Centre with a library and
internet/computer room.
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