10 July:
The pub is 160 kilometres west of
Goondiwindi, 45 kilometres east of St George and approximately 70
kilometres north of the Queensland/New South Wales border. It is
situated on the banks of the Moonie River. Nindigully Pub is
Queensland's oldest hotel located in its original condition and
position on the banks of the Moonie River. The license was issued in
1864 after operating as shearer's ccommodation for the Nindigully
Station. From the late 1800s the Nindigully Pub was a Cobb and Co
coach change over station. Despite its population of only nine
people, The Gully attracts a regular flow of locals (nearest eight
kilometres) and tourists from all over Australia for a cold beer and
a chef fresh prepared meal - the kilogram T-bones are legendary or
try the new two kilogram plus road train burger (feeds minimum of
four people), we just had a take away coffee as we had our own
nibbles and ate and drank in the car. On the way back to St George we
had a good downpour of rain but by the time we arrived back at St
George it was blue sky and sunny. Before we had our coffee we had a bit of a walk around and along the side of the Moonie River (it's a big dirty river) we took some photos and were pretty excited when we came across a bird we had not seen before, it turned out to be a Spotted Bow Bird pretty rare.
