The British Colony of Queensland was established in 1859.
There is the Fairbairn Dam near Emerald which overflowed in January 2008 with major flood of 1,000 houses being affected and more than 2,500 people being evacuated.
Emerald is a service town for a large number of industries in the area. Extensive coal mining operations are carried out in the district. Cotton is grown in the area, and is processed at the Yamala Cotton Gin, while other agricultural activities include grapes, citrus and grain growing.
Wikipedia.
We were pleased to stay in Emerald for a few nights before heading to the coast as we thought it about time we did.
A lot of signs are made like the one below in the area and surrounding areas.
View of the Dam plus surrounding area.
Hello Margaret,
ReplyDeleteA wonderful location. Nice to see that long road along the coast.
Wonderful.
Best regards,
Marco
Marco, it's the road that goes beside part of the dam. You do very well in written English :)
DeleteGreat name for the town & the sign is lovely! That's a huge dam!
ReplyDeleteIt's massive Christine.
DeleteLove that sign. The road looks in incredible condition too.
ReplyDeleteRoads into dams are usually very good throughout Australia, and Hydro ones too.
DeleteThat's certainly a large reservoir! As always, nice shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, it is rather large.
DeleteMe gusta el nombre de la ciudad y las buenas tomas que has conseguido.
ReplyDeleteBesos
I too love the name of the town and before we ever visited Emerald some years ago I wondered did they have emeralds there (stones).
DeleteBeautiful location.. ,love the pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Krishna.
DeleteI like the sign. The industries are impressive.
ReplyDeleteLots happening in and around Emerald.
DeleteWhat a lovely place
ReplyDeletePeaceful Jo-Anne.
DeletePlenty of water in Fairbairn Dam. I believe the dam was named after a former
ReplyDeleteLiberal Federal Minister..........Douglas Fairbairn???
He was at one time Minister for National Development and his electorate was country based so naming the dam, FAIRBAIRN makes some sense of his recognition
to rural development. He was in parliament from 1949 - 1975.
Cotton needs plenty of water for irrigation and no doubt up in that area which can be very dry in the dry season and longer, water is life.
Good report Margaret..........not long till the coast now, eh?
Colin
I in particular was looking forward to the coast, but road there the way we wanted to go was closed! had to go another way, thank goodness we had enough diesel :)
DeleteFairbairn Dam is named after Sir David Eric Fairbairn KBE DFC, who was the Federal Minister for National Development from 1964 to 1969. The Fairbairn Dam lake is named Lake Maraboon.
I did read that somewhere when researching the dam.
Yep. soon as I got home, I realised that I had rechristened Fairbairn.
DeleteI don't think his family will crucify me for my lapse - ha ha!
Colin
The Emerald sign is very well done, and probably maintainance free.
ReplyDeleteI presume it's maintenance free, many signs like that and they do look good.
DeleteI don't know exactly where Emerald is, but I'll find it on my maps. I used to want to retire in Queensland, but not anymore, with my whole family in SA.
ReplyDeleteThere is a map on previous post where Emerald is R.
DeleteAlways good to be near family if one can :)
Quite a number of people who were affected by flood Margaret ,here too sometimes in some parts of our country flood causes huge destruction.
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos ,specially loved the bridge and road beside the water
Have heard and seen photos of flood in your country, floods are not good at all in any country.
DeleteWhat a lovely cutout road sign - it must change each day with the different sky colours behind it.
ReplyDeleteIt would change as the colour of the sky changes - didn't notice where sunset or sunrise would have been but can imagine how pretty that sign would look.
DeleteIt looks like a lovely place to visit. Thanks for sharing, greetings.
ReplyDeleteA typical country outback town in Australia.
DeleteWonderful photos and info you have shared.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mildred.
DeleteDown in Australia, life must be easy.
ReplyDeleteHa! In some places Bob :)
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