TASTE Western Downs Magazine

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TASTE DULACCA

WANDOAN

Taste Dulacca D

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ulacca is a small rural town on the Warrego Highway, 43 kilometres west of the town of Miles. First came the railway in 1879 and then came the town.

whoever could restore their land to its original state. It is estimated that the menacing plant covered more than 50 million acres of Queensland, at its peak.

An interesting point to note about Dulacca, is that it was the site of the first efforts to eradicate the invasive prickly pear cactus. This fight was spurred on by the Government’s reward of 40,000 hectares of land to

The town’s hotel, known as the Pink Pub, dates from 1908 and a brief history of the town is displayed at Roy Henderson Memorial Park. Join the locals for a yarn and learn a little more about the town’s interesting beginnings.

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