Aside from the Cunnamulla Fella (who you would definitely want on your side in any potential bar brawl) there are many other things to see in Cunnamulla.

We had a look at some of the Top 10. We didn’t partake in the Artesian water baths as we had already showered in the therapeutic waters at the cabin we stayed in last night. And with the unsettling memory of my artesian spa experience last year in WA still fresh in my mind, we opted out of this one.

But here are some other local delights:

A dead tree – well not any dead tree but a tree that a felon once climbed many years ago to escape police and hide after an attempted bank robbery gone wrong where a customer received a gun shot wound. His fate was worse.

Allan Tannock Weir south of town on the Warrego River

Little black cormorants

Yellow spoonbill

Showers, rain and 12 degrees – not the best day for reptiles.

Cunnamulla sand dunes just south of town

Daisy at Cunnamulla sand dunes

“People Keep Asking If I’m Back, And I Haven’t Really Had An Answer. But Now, Yeah! I’m Thinking I’m Back!”

Bottle Tree is auditioning to replace Blackboard in the next Mr Squiggle. “Hurry up!”

I can’t think of a punchline…..but I once lost a boxing match with a pirate. He had a vicious right hook.

At the Cunnamulla Bushland Reserve, the best attraction is this old engine……..and that really got me steamed up.

Cunnamulla Mulla mullas.

And saving the best for last – the Cunnamulla Marching Band outside the historic Railway Station.

Smeagol went full Gollum when in the band.

Smoking kills

The Living Dead – he’s doing a good job considering its hard to play without lungs.

The Cymbalism was lost on me …but at least I found out why there was the power outage.

Oh crap!

Turn left

On the road to Bollon

Groves of Eremophilas were flowering under the mulga.

Narkoola National Park is between Cunnamulla and Bollon. It is a part of the Mulga Lands Regional Ecosystem and protects 10 ecosystem types of which 5 are listed as “of concern” and one is endangered – the ecosystem of Eucalyptus populnea, Belah (Casuarina cristata), Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) and Wilga (Geijera parviflora) woodland on clay plains.

Mulga at Narkoola

Wilga

Belah (Casuarina cristata)

Poplar box

Native cypress

Button daisies

Bollon – Wallam Creek

Pacific black ducks in Wallam Creek

Little friarbird keeping an eye on things.

Not another feral animal…for fox sake!

Despite the looks, he is not a good boy.

Riversands Wines is at St George and home to many fine wines…and a potty mouth port.

Big roo while driving back into St George – if you are driving in the country in the evening, always be cautious with roos even close to town.

Dinner at the Australian Hotel in St George.