Our property is between the village of Boomi and the town of Mungindi, in NW NSW. It can be a lonely stretch of dirt road at times, at others, during peak seasons, extraordinarily busy. But you can bet that if you get a flat tyre, there won’t be a soul around. Mungindi’s an interesting place. It’s situated on both sides of the NSW and Queensland Border, divided by the Barwon River. In fact it’s the only border town in the Southern Hemisphere with the same name in two states, and a police station on either side of the border!

The town is situated right on the Carnarvon Highway which links Melbourne with Darwin (a good 150kms south west of Goondiwindi) and it’s got a fascinating history. The largest survey peg in Australia, The One Ton Post, was erected by Mr. John Cameron in 1881. It sits in the middle of thick bushland just outside the town marking the completion of two-three long arduous years of surveying the 29th parallel,  the straight section of the Queensland/New South Wales border, from Cameron’s Corner to the Barwon River. The One Ton Post, the original massive wooden peg, stands where the 29th parallel meets the Barwon River. It’s worth visiting if only to appreciate the determination and endurance required to cut a track through the bush all those years ago.