Texas, Queensland.

Texas Queensland - well it's on the border of NSW and Queensland has a population of about 1,160 people in 2011 in 2006, 690 people .
Up until 1986, tobacco farming was an important industry in the area and many Italian families settled the area to run and work the tobacco farms.

The origin of the town's name is generally regarded as a reference to a territorial dispute.  The land in the area was first settled by the McDougall brothers, who found squatters there on returning from the goldfields.  Once their legal right to the land was recognised, they named their property in honour of the rather more famous dispute between the United States and Mexico over territory in Texas, USA.

The place to get some diesel so we moved on and a house with sails to the windows to keep out the summer heat, but being winter it was still cool.

The highest recorded temperature in Texas was in a January 44.6C (112.3 F)

Warialda, NSW

Warialda, NSW - the name means 'Place of Wild Honey'. A small town on the Gwydi Highway of about 1.200 people.
Allan Cunningham was the first official European visitor in 1827 with the town being established in 1837 with a police outstation erected around 1840.

Warialda is the birthplace of Elizabeth Kenny, world-renowned pioneer in the treatment of poliomyelitis.  The baptismal fond used for Sister Kenny's baptism is still in use and housed in the Church of England.

Warialda is also the birthplace of Olive Rose Fitzhardinge (1881-1956) who became famous in the 1930's as a rose breeder in Warrawee the name of her best known rose.  Olive was brought up in Moree.  A photo of the rose and more about Olive [ here ]

Warialda is the service centre for the local agricultural sector.  Farms around the area produce wheat, sorghum, barley, sheep, beef cattle.  Some of the locals also earn a dollar or two hunting wild pigs, which are exported, mainly to Germany, where there are demands for wild boar which are not present in the Australian market.

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Never been to this town before so it was exciting to see something new.
The Caravan Park was only a small fee and one paid opposite at the Information Centre (photo below).  The photo was taken from the caravan park which had no resident manager, but all was well.
If the information centre was closed then a man came around each evening to collect the money.

The weather was still cool, so still winter clothing and we were not that far from the Queensland border.

Impressive buildings for such a small town

The bottom one is the Court House.

The Post Office below.

A Hotel, Imperial and there were a couple of Hotels.

Below photo some bush near Warialda, NSW