The Morven Clara Creek 4x4 Stock Route Trail will lead you to discover the Clara Creek Hotel Ruins. Follow the trail to discover a part of Queensland that dates back to 1882. Clara Creek was a thriving and busy hotel, the focus of life in the area; today just the ruins remain to remind us of its past glory.
The trail takes you along Stock Routes and less commonly used roads around Morven. Disco ...
Morven Town Common, Morven, Queensland 4468, Australia
Morven is fortunate to be situated on the Great Artesian Basin, ensuring the town of a constant and reliable water supply. The water is approximately two million years old, and really did run off the backs of dinosaurs!
Today, two bores provide Morven with their water. The depths of the bores range from 700 to 800 metres; pumps are needed to ensure adequate water pressure is provided to every h ...
Visit the Morven Branding Board because the branding of cattle is an integral part of raising cattle. The 'brands' are unique designs that belong to each cattle property.
In the past, using a hot branding iron, the brands were branded onto the skin of the cattle, as proof of ownership of that particular Stations' cattle. Today many owners now use indelible ink stencils to 'brand' their cattle. ...
Step back in time where everyday early outback life is on display. The small but delightful Morven Outback Museum contains some fascinating memorabilia.
A must see is the miniature replica pioneer township. Painstakingly recreated over 15 years, buildings that has long gone and has been preserved. The attention to detail of the buildings and the early building techniques makes this display a u ...
Step back in time where every day early Outback life is on display. The small but delightful Morven Museum, Kerosene Tin Hut and Miniature Pioneer Village contains some fascinating memorabilia.
A must see is the miniature replica pioneer township. Painstakingly recreated over 15 years, buildings that have long gone have been preserved. The attention to detail of the buildings and the early bui ...
The Morven Rabbit Board Gate was constructed at the turn of the 20th century which made all the difference to agriculture in the area.
Rabbits were on the move, destroying pasture lands and increasing in numbers at an alarming rate. In a desperate bid to halt the rabbit migration Queensland set up 'Rabbit Boards', and the Rabbit Proof Fences came into being. The fences were especially designed ...
Eurella Street, Morven, Queensland 4468, Australia
With a population of less than 250, Morven is thought to be named after a mountain and town of the same name in Scotland. Captain T. J. Saddlier and his wife arrived in the area in the 1860s and camped on a deep waterhole of nearby Hamburg Creek. This waterhole was later to become Morven's water supply and provided irrigation for a large Chinese market garden. It now only fills after rain storms. ...
Morven-Bollon Road, Morven, Queensland 4468, Australia
In semi-arid, south-western Queensland, Tregole National Park straddles the boundary between two of the state's natural regions, the brigalow belt and the mulga lands.
The park protects a small, almost pure stand of ooline Cadellia pentastylis, an attractive dry rainforest tree dating back to the Ice Ages. Ooline has been extensively cleared and is now uncommon and considered vulnerable to exti ...
