Gulargambone

One of those 'how on earth do you pronounce it' towns that Australia seems to have plenty of! As the word means 'plenty of galahs', think of the first part of the word as Galah & the rest as it's written & you'll have it. On the sign it says 500 people, but I'm guessing as with most country towns it's probably less.

The first thing that greets you as you drive into Gulargambone (from any direction apparently) are large corrugated iron galahs. These are all through town as well & look really cool. There's even one hanging upside down on a TV aerial (though I didn't manage to get a photo of it).

One of the corrugated iron galahs - this one was in the park

Where we ate

2828 Gulargambone

We'd heard about 2828 as being the place to eat so that's where we went. The menu is basic, there was the choice of 3 things the day we were there. Two kids tried the bolognese bake, which they loved. DD12 & I shared a steak sandwich with caramelised onion & salad (but without the bread), while hubby had the same with the Turkish bread. We all enjoyed our meals. 

There's also a burger place at the other end of town & a Hotel.

What we did

2828 is also a gift shop & information centre. While we were eating lunch, they played the DVD showing how 2828 came about which was very interesting. The community came together to renovate the building & it is run by volunteers. They hold various functions during the year including the yearly 'Dinner under the Stars'. A variety of Tourism awards have also been won. They also helped with building the corrugated iron galahs. We bought a few souvenirs - DD6 was in love with a galah finger puppet + I got a few postcards. There was also a variety of tin wall hangings - I bought a Christmas tree that looks like it has been made from a pressed tin ceiling. 

As well as shopping in 2828, we went for a walk around town. There is a walk along the river which was quite pleasant & didn't take too long. It was signposted as an Aboriginal walk, showing some of the Aboriginal heritage of the town. Kids were very excited to see fish in the river!

River walk

One other shop we went into was a craft type shop. It had a random variety of stuff & DD6 was really happy to get a mug with elephants on it! The shop had obviously been a takeaway shop in a previous life - the counter was still there along with the mirror behind it. The sign out the front said coffee & milkshakes so I guess they made those as well.

Main St of Gulargambone

We didn't stay here as we were driving through. Looks like there is a hotel/motel & a caravan park. Pretty good for such a small town. We enjoyed our short time there & have already had requests from the kids to go back!!