Day 19 21.08.18 Blackall

We've decided to spend the day riding around town, looking at all the attractions, including a leisurely soak in the thermal pool. So no doubt there will be way too many photos again.

 Parked next to a penguin,

 Old buggy display.

Blackall Woolscour operated from 1908 to 1978. Woolscour means wool washing . This scour is the only steam driven scour with a shearing board left in Australia. In 2002 the Woolscour started using steam again to run the machinery  and is now a tourist attraction, which we visited.

 Chainsaw art.

 Sheep at the woolscour.

 Retired caravans.

 Shearers toilet ⬆and shower blocks⬇

Shearers Quarters.

Bore water .

The water travels for  10kms, out to the paddocks for the animals.

 An albino vixen.

 The original brick boiler.

The second boiler. They used Gidgee wood to feed the boilers.

The steam engine as it was originally.  Still operates today.

The woolscour. Wool goes through 2 different washes at 60degrees, before being rinsed and dried.

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 Nice and clean and fluffy.

We found a rail trail to ride back into town
Pics from around town.

Art sculptures. called Roly Poly, concept being all about fun.

The town is being decorated for its 150 years celebration.

Petrified wood, believed to be a conifer.  Anywhere from 1 to 225 million years old

Labor Federation Memorial commemorating the first meeting of the first Shearers union, which later became the Australian Labor Party.

Major Mitchell memorial clock, he was the first European to explore the area in 1864.

Marks mocha arrived looking very fancy.

Yummy treat for lunch, chicken and salad in a green wrap.

 Wood, water and wool sculpture, to honour the historic Blackall Woolscour's centenary in 2008.

 Mural of the pioneer  bore. Blackall was the first town in Qld to sink an artesian bore, whicj was sunk to a depth of 800m.

Blackall's water comes from the artesian basin with 3 bores sunk to a depth of 800m. Flowing under their own pressure the water can be 58-62 degrees when it surfaces. A cool water system is more likely to be found in Blackall homes than a hot water system

 Blackall aquatic centre has a 50m pool and a bubble spa. Both with hot artesian water.

 Black stump mural .

 The black stump represents the observation site surveyors used to establish a principal meridional circuit traverse around the town in 1888.

 A  replica stump as the original was destroyed in a fire.

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Memorial park  ⬇

 WW1 VC & MC recipient Edgar Towner.

 Dry water fountain at the cultural centre.

Old railway station.

Unfortunately thats where my phone went flat . Ther was lots to see at the ram museum, which was the last attraction we went to as not only was my phone flat but we were running out of sunlight too.