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Only a short drive from Brisbane and you will be in Queensland’s Southern Region. This is truly where you can escape the pressures of the city, the humidity of the coast and do as much or as little as you please. Taste delicious stone fruits straight from the grower, tour wineries and taste award-winning wines, and explore the region's history and heritage. Take a bushwalk in picturesque national parks or share the romance of an open log fire. Some activities include freshwater fishing, fossicking, or sailing.
The region provides a natural alternative to the cities and beaches of the coastal area. The region is proud of itself old fashioned hospitality. The principal towns are Warwick, Stanthorpe, Killarney, Allora, Inglewood, Texas and Clifton. Queensland's Southern region is covered in history. This area boasts some of Queensland's finest restored sandstone and timber buildings, including Abbey of the Roses, Talgai Homestead, and Glengallan Homestead which is a Queensland Heritage Trails Network Project. If you head inland, you’ll come to Carnarvon National Park with Aboriginal rockart paintings and delicate ferns amidst towering sandstone cliff.
The Southern region has a number of art galleries, historical museums, wineries, national parks, pottery and craft, antiques and collectibles stores for visitors to enjoy. Markets are held most weekends within the region, and allow visitors to purchases fresh produce and locally made craft items. It is in close proximity to the largest granite rock in Australia, Bald Rock.
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| Downs Motel |
 669 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
Located only a short stroll to the heart of the central business district we have much to offer travellers, including the following:
*26 reverse cycle air conditioned rooms
*remote TV and Austar
*internet access...
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| Flying Spur Motel |
 277 Taylor Street, Toowoomba
Well-appointed 3 Star accommodation in a variety of motel suites and fully self-contained 2 bedroom holiday units.
Weekly rates on application Standard rooms have Ensuite, R/C Air Conditioning, Fans, Coffe / Tea / Toast facilities, Remote TV and Austar...
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| Country Comfort Goondiwindi |
 110 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi
Quality 4 star motel situated right in the centre of the town with a choice of standard, family or 2 bedroom accommodation. Guest facilities include: swimming pool, BBQ area, Town House Restaurant and cocktail bar, guest laundry.
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| Best Western Golden Harvest Motel |
 71-73 Wood Street, Warwick
Situated only one km from the centre of the CBD featuring spacious units with air conditioning, private patios, free cable TV, refrigerator, tea and coffee making facilities, direct dial telephones, data ports, hairdryers.
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| McNevin's Gunyah Motel |
 Corner New England Highway & Glen Road, Warwick
The Gunyah Motel at Warwick is situated on the famous Darling Downs. Offering spacious and luxuriously appointed executive spa suites, spacious family suites with spa and standard rooms.
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Carnarvon Gorge, near the town of Roma (approximately 400 km west of Brisbane), is something of a Shangri-la. Enormous sandstones rise out of the dry plains and their erosion over centuries has formed a maze of beautiful gorges foliated by ancient palms. It is thus not surprising that Aboriginal people once inhabited these ranges, leaving a fascinating legacy of rock engravings and paintings. The gorge is now a protected National Park, administered by the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service.
For at least 19,000 years the uplands in general have been occupied, but intensive use of the area did not take place until 4-5,000 years ago.
The art styles and designs indicate that the area was resided in by people closely associated with the Bidjara tribe, who were known to inhabit the headwaters of the Warrego River.
Many small art sites are scattered throughout the park, but the main sites are Cathedral Cave and the Art Gallery. Cathedral Cave is a massive rock shelter with an extensive floor area and high arched ceiling, facing Carnarvon Creek. Stencil art is the dominant style and was created by the artist blowing ochre mixed with water from his mouth aerosol-like over an object held against the rock. Flat objects thus result in a clearly defined outline, while rounded or bulbous items permitted underspray and a blurred outline. Hands are the most common image but stencil boomerangs and weapons are also prominent. The pigments do not fade with age and have been radio-carbon dated to roughly 3,500 years ago. Similar ochre finds in nearby Kennif Cave have been dated to 18,000 years and are among the oldest in Australia. Some off the hand stencils are distorted and thought to be 'signal' stencils which are a form of stenciled sign language. |
 
Aloomba Lavender on the Mount Lindsay Road (four kilometres north of Liston) is part of a four thousand acre cattle property set in picturesque rolling hills. The 12,000 established lavender plants present a great opportunity for photographs as they form a pretty pattern whether in flower or not. The well stocked gift shop and the tranquil bed and breakfast rooms are very popular. Open most days, bookings are welcome and an informative talk can be given to larger groups on request if time permits.
Planting lavender began in 1998. In 2001 six acres (12,000 plants) were planted at Liston. The business is based on dried lavender and tourism. Harvesting by hand begins in early November and still provides sufficient oil for retail. The lavender produced is sold as product in the gift shop. The area is ideal for growing of Lavender with cold winters, well drained soil and hot summers with low humidity. There is a great deal of interest in the crop in Queensland with the general public taking considerable trouble to visit the farm. The farm is only 12 minutes from Stanthorpe and 56 kilometres from both Warwick and Tenterfield. |
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