Diamantina Development Road, Windorah, Queensland 4481, Australia
John Costello was empowered by John Collin and Son of Melbourne to secure land for the Collins family. It was during one of these early exploring trips that John stopped here and carved his initials (or was it J. C. for John Collin) on the famous JC tree while he was waiting for his billy to boil.
A hotel was built nearby at a later date, and when Surveyor G. T. Weale laid out a townsh ...
7 Maryborough Street, Windorah, Queensland 4481, Australia
The Red Sandhills ten kilometres west of Windorah on the Birdsville Road are the reddest that you will find anywhere. They may not be very high, but they are worth stopping to admire, especially for photographers. The sandhills continually change colours throughout the day. The best time to see them is at sunset. It's an ideal place to have a drink or two and watch the sun go down and the moon com ...
7 Maryborough Street, Windorah, Queensland 4481, Australia
The Whitula Gate Museum is based around an original slab hut built by the Rabbit Board in 1906 as a boundary riders' hut. The hut was moved to its present location in 1996 to be used as the centre point of the museum. The museum has been designed to re-create an 1800s homestead. The museum has household and station equipment as well as aboriginal artifacts on display. Combined with the museum is t ...
7 Maryborough Street, Windorah, Queensland 4481, Australia
The Nature Drive is a 12 kilometre off-road drive from Windorah to Coopers Creek that passes through a variety of country including Gidgee woodlands, Spinifex grasslands and floodplains to finish the drive at Coopers Creek. There are around 38 different flora with common name plates as well as a number of points of interest along the way. The drive will join the Quilpie Road at the bridge over Coo ...
7 Maryborough Street, Windorah, Queensland 4481, Australia
The Windorah Visitor Information Centre is beside the Whitula Gate Museum in Maryborough Street. The centre is more than an Information Centre - it is a gathering place for the local residents. So call in and have a Driver Reviver cup of tea and chat with the locals, browse around the museum pieces, craft and souvenirs for sale and collect information for your trip. The Centre also has a conferenc ...
