Winton - the home of Waltzing Matilda a song penned by Banjo Paterson 110 years ago and embraced by the Australian people as our unofficial national anthem. The museum is the only attraction in the world
dedicated to a song! The local paper "The Queenslander" wrote on 6 July 1896 - "Winton can be hot and the Wintonettes grow very thirsty. To provide for contingencies in this direction SIX large hotels have been built, drinks only 6d. There is ONE church and that is in debt. The police records, however, do not show the people to be any more wicked than those in most inland Qld towns". We had a very enjoyable 3 day stay at the Waltzing Matilda Tourist Park where every night we were treated to great entertainment by 2 female Bush Poets who were absolutely halarious. Every night they had different material, jokes n verse. You really know you are in the outback when something breaks down. Our transformer for changing 240v to 12v went kaput. Once gone they have to be replaced and the closest agent for us at Winton was either Mt Isa or Emerald, both over 200kms away. So we are without internal lights and the radio for the rest of the trip. Just as well we have a gas lamp to read by at night. Other travellers have told tales of having to wait up to 4 - 6 days for car parts etc to arrive before they can continue on their trip- we city folk sure do take a lot for granted.
dedicated to a song! The local paper "The Queenslander" wrote on 6 July 1896 - "Winton can be hot and the Wintonettes grow very thirsty. To provide for contingencies in this direction SIX large hotels have been built, drinks only 6d. There is ONE church and that is in debt. The police records, however, do not show the people to be any more wicked than those in most inland Qld towns". We had a very enjoyable 3 day stay at the Waltzing Matilda Tourist Park where every night we were treated to great entertainment by 2 female Bush Poets who were absolutely halarious. Every night they had different material, jokes n verse. You really know you are in the outback when something breaks down. Our transformer for changing 240v to 12v went kaput. Once gone they have to be replaced and the closest agent for us at Winton was either Mt Isa or Emerald, both over 200kms away. So we are without internal lights and the radio for the rest of the trip. Just as well we have a gas lamp to read by at night. Other travellers have told tales of having to wait up to 4 - 6 days for car parts etc to arrive before they can continue on their trip- we city folk sure do take a lot for granted.
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