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Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs region is truly where you can escape the pressures of everyday life and do as much or as little as you please Sample delicious stone fruits straight from the grower Tour wineries and taste award-winning wines Explore ...
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Allora
Allora is known as the best little town on the Downs The town nestles beside Dalrymple Creek just off the highway between Toowoomba and Warwick You may well think you are taking a trip into history when driving down the ...
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Inglewood
Heading west from along the Cunningham Highway is the Inglewood Shire with the twin towns of Inglewood and Texas Inglewood was established in Inglewood is creating Australia s Olive Capital and is emerging as the hub of the Olive industry ...
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Texas
Texas is a picturesque town nestled along the banks of the Dumaresq River in southern Queensland on the state border Texas was named over a land claim in the s which bore many similarities to one happening in Republic of ...
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Stanthorpe
Stanthorpe is located south west of Brisbane and is nestled in the heart of The Granite Belt Known as Queensland s Wine Capital it boasts more than wineries Stanthorpe has the reputation as being Queensland s coolest town with some ...
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Killarney
Killarney is the scenic gem of the Southern Downs Killarney s rolling foothills deep secluded valleys and dramatic waterfalls provide picture postcard views that will stir your imagination Killarney is an old timber and dairying town named by nostalgic Irish ...
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Leyburn
Bursting with history Leyburn has many intriguing buildings The school circa has a bell from and a shingled roof play shed Henry Kirby s grave and the cemetery are also worth visiting A former butcher shop is now an art ...
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Amiens
With a name such as Amiens it stands to reason that there would be links back to World War I Quite a few villages along Amiens Road are named after the bloody Western Front battlefields That is the case but ...
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Eukey
Western Australia reckons it has it all over the wise-men from the East when it comes to wildflower time Wrong In the Eukey district of the Southern Downs come wildflower time and the west gets a bit of a going ...
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Applethorpe
Naturally enough apple-town Applethorpe would have to produce apples and it does along with a range of other fruits This settlement is at the southern end of The Fruit Run that stretch of roadway which shadows the New England Highway ...
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Ballandean
It is in this area just to the south of Stanthorpe where the State s first commercially grown table grapes were harvested Then along came the wine industry thanks predominantly to the arrival of Italian settlers Actually the first legally ...
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Dalveen
Dalveen more-or-less midway between Warwick and Stanthorpe is at the southern end of what is known as The Fruit Run a string of fruit stalls orchards and tiny settlements It s an interesting little place this Dalveen even with its ...
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Wallangarra
A railway station which is split into two two schools two police stations two pubs - and a population of a few hundred So why has Wallangarra and its neighbouring township of Jennings received so much attention by governments Simply ...
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Pozieres
Any place which boasts having the most densely netted area in the world may frighten off anglers The land which is under these nets grows fruit and veggies The reinforced netting is erected to help avoid damage from hailstones one ...
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Severnlea
Years ago the locals of Severnlea on the Southern Downs of Queensland did not realise that young Skroo Turner was destined to become one of Australia s most successful businessmen From the fruit growing and topaz mining area south of ...
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The Summit
Take leave of the New England Highway between Dalveen and Applethorpe to the north of Stanthorpe and check out the fruit stalls along that stretch of road known as The Fruit Run One of the towns is The Summit home ...
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Thulimbah
More orchards more fruit in season but there s a bit of a difference between Thulimbah and the neighbouring towns which make up The Fruit Run At Thulimbah one of the families which provides a value-add service are targeted during ...
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Glen Aplin
the roadside signs glimpses of fruit trees the occasional fruit stall and the now rather regular signs directing your attention to wineries indicate this is the famous Granite Belt of south eastern Queensland Glen Aplin is to the south of ...
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