The Drovers Camp in Camooweal, Queensland | Museum

The Drovers Camp

Locality: Camooweal, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4748 2022

Address: Barkly Hwy 4828 Camooweal, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.droverscamp.com.au

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22.01.2022 B Trindle November 1950 @ Kamilaro( not sure if this place is Spelt correctly.

18.01.2022 Rainbow now the rain is finished

17.01.2022 Total of rain received was 41mm.Total of rain received was 41mm.

17.01.2022 Bruce Simpson the Packhorse Drover was at Camooweal spelling his plant and he got a bit sweet on my mother who was a single school teacher there at the time. I ...found this quite famous poem that Bruce wrote and he gave it to mum. This is a beautiful poem and I hope you like it as much as I do. Crippled You may rub your head on my coat old chap As you stand by the gate in pain And I loose the knot in the Greenhide strap That you never shall wear again You may nudge my hand as you’ve done so oft In the days that have gone for aye For you’ll carry me never again on watch Round the camp at the break of day -------- You will wait no more for the Stores to splash By the light of the storm lashed sky When the scrubs re-echo the thunders crash Round the camps on the Muranji No more by the night horse break you’ll doze In the chill of a winters night When the branches stir and the back-log glows And the stars wink cold and white ----- You will draught no more as the grey dust swirls From the camp and never again Will you wheel the rouges by the Stockyard Wings When we yard for the cattle trains We may find another with swinging gait To ride thro the trucking town And there will be others who’ll quietly wait By the peg as the stars look down ---- We may find another to match your pace Thro the scrub when the fireworks start But never another to take the place That you hold in a drover’s heart Your mates have stood on the Camp since dawn You are watching alert and keen The packs are on and the girths are drawn But the fence stands there between ----- The plant is off on the road again And here by the paddock gate The days to follow and all in vain You will stand by the yard and wait And often out on the western track When the evening shadows fall Our thoughts will turn to the gamest hack And the best night horse of all ---- Actor, farewell till your last lone sleep May never the creek run dry May the grass be whispering fetlock deep Forever, old chap Good bye By Bruce Simpson

15.01.2022 Slim Dusty page Hello, friends,I hope all is well with you and yours. It’s good to have something different happening that we can talk about in these very weird pandemic days.

11.01.2022 Tender Opportunity: Camooweal Town Hall Restumping Council invites tender submissions from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for RFT/2020-6... CUS Camooweal Town Hall Restumping. Tender documents will be available online from www.lgtenderbox.com.au from 5am on Saturday 31 October 2020. Should you require assistance with LG Tender Box, please contact the LG Tender Box support team on 1800 779 027 or email [email protected] Tender submissions close at 2pm on Tuesday 24 November 2020. Please contact Council’s Procurement Section on (07) 4747 3200 or email [email protected] for more information or assistance regarding the tender process.

11.01.2022 Rain from the cloud. 17mm about 6.30pm and 14mm from a storm at 5pm.

09.01.2022 'We are Mount Isa' was created as part of the Mount Isa Music Video Series set in the heart of Kalkadoon Country and performed by students from Spinifex State C...ollege. All of the 8 State Schools in the Outback mining city are featured in this music video and each took part in this epic series which is full of huge personalities and outstanding talent. Please check out the rest of the series that showcases the unique culture of each individual school who proudly perform amidst a backdrop of rocky ridges, rising stacks and blazing Outback sunsets!! Experience Outback Queensland, Australia ABC North West Queensland Mount Isa, Queensland @Mount Isa Mines Rodeo Mount Isa City Council Spinifex State College - Mount Isa See more

06.01.2022 A great community.

03.01.2022 Skip to 2 hours 22 minutes 30 seconds. This is the interview from the 1988 drovers reunion with my father (Bomber Stacey) & his siblings at New Castle Waters which was repeated last Sunday on Australia All Over.

02.01.2022 This cloud rolled by this afternoon.

02.01.2022 It is with great sadness that I wish to advice that Steve Lomas passed away last Tuesday after suffering a major heart attack. Our sincere condolences goes to Keitha, family and friends at this sad time.