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Western Downs Tourism

About the Western Downs Region

The Western Downs is a region of Queensland due west of the state's capital, Brisbane. Its principal towns include Roma, Chinchilla, St George, Miles and Goondiwindi.

Roma is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways. It is the centre of a rich pastoral and wheat-growing district, in which oranges and vines are grown and wine is produced.

Chinchilla is another thriving agricultural centre, producing a quarter of the nation's melon crop - a fact celebrated at the Chinchilla Melon Festival in Februrary every second year. The town is also the Australian home of Polocrosse.

Miles is home to the Miles Historical Village, a recreation of an outback settlement of the beginning of the 20th century, complete with period replicas of banks, hospitals, post offices and so on.

Injune is a perfect place to stay for those wishing to explore the natural world, as it is surrounded by five national parks: Nuga Nuga, Carnarvon, Lonesome, Mt Moffat and Beilba.

Goondiwindi, situated on the MacIntyre River, has become a popular stop-over due to its large water park, used for water skiing, boating, swimming and general outdoor recreational pursuits.

The Western Downs also contains the popular tourist destination, the Carnarvon Gorge, a 30 km long gorge through the Great Dividing Range consisting of a series of creeks, rugged gorges, canyons, cliffs and rocky valleys. The main waterway through the gorge is called Carnarvon Creek, which forms a network that drains the Consuelo Tableland. The closest towns are Injune and Rolleston.

There is an extensive system of walking and longer hiking tracks along the gorge,leading to such features as Wards Canyon, Cathedral Cave, the Amphitheatre,the beautiful Moss Garden, and the Art Gallery, a spectacular array of Aboriginal rock painting.

List of Towns in the Western Downs Region

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MILLMERRAN | ROMA | ST GEORGE

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