Blackall

Blackall is an Outback town of about 1,200 people in Central West Queensland, about 960 km (600 mi) from Brisbane. The city lays claim to the origin of the Australian expression "beyond the black stump", referring to remote or uncivilised parts of the country.

Get in

By car

The A2 Highway passes by Blackall, connecting to nearby Charleville and Longreach and beyond.

By plane

• 1 Blackall Airport (BKQ  ^IATA). There's an air connection to Brisbane, operated by Sunstate Airlines as QantasLink.  

Visitor information

• 1 Blackall Visitor Information Centre, 108A Shamrock St, ☏ +61 7 4657 4637. (updated Apr 2022)

See

• 1 Blackall Woolscour, 302 Evora Rd, ☏ +61 7 4657 6042. 9AM-5PM daily. This intact steam-powered wool washing plant is a nice part of Australian industrial heritage and rather unique in its kind. From May to August it actually operates, on steam. It's open all year, however, with tours starting every hour. 
• Statue of Jack Howe, Shamrock St (outside the Universal Garden Centre). This statue commemorates Jack Howee, the country's best known sheep shearer. His record was 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes, aet over a century ago in 1892. 
• 2 The Black Stump, Thistle Street. The monument has an explanation of the town's claims to the expression "beyond the black stump." 

Eat

• 1 The Lodge On Hawthorn, 13 Hawthorn St, ☏ +61 7 4657 4708. (updated Nov 2021)

Sleep

• 1 Blackall Caravan Park, 53 Garden St, ☏ +61 7 4657 4816. (updated Nov 2021)