Quilpie Shire

Quilpie Shire is best known in Australia for its boulder opal fields, which have long linked this remote part of western Queensland to the national opal trade. Set in the Channel Country, the shire is defined by wide grazing country, red-earth plains and seasonal watercourses of the Bulloo River catchment rather than dense settlement. Quilpie, the shire seat, grew with the railway and remains a practical service centre for pastoral properties and travellers crossing the outback. Its St Finbarr’s Catholic Church is noted for an altar made with local opal, a concise expression of the district’s mining identity. Explore other webcams in Quilpie Shire to compare landscapes and outback settings across western Queensland.

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