Barcaldine Regional Council Barcaldine Queensland 4725 Phone (07) 4651 5600 Five communities: Alpha, Aramac, Barcaldine, Jericho, Muttaburra Experience the diversity of this vibrant region

Walk or cyle around Barcy's heritage trail

Barcaldine, the garden city of the west, has a fascinating heritage trail which you can drive, walk or even cycle.

If you’re keen to cycle, you can hire a bike at the Barcaldine Tourist Information Centre as well as buying the trail booklet, Between the Bougainvilleas.
The trail showcases some of Barcaldine’s colourful past, taking you to significant historical sites where maroon coloured signs point out each site, complete with a photo of what originally stood there.

The old Radio Theatre, built in 1926 during the era of silent movies, is still used for movies on weekends, school holidays and festivals. The Railway Goods Shed was once the staging place for meetings during the Great Shearers’ Strike but since then it has been moved to the Barcaldine Showground. The Masonic Lodge building (pictured) dates back to 1876 and was built at Dingo Creek. The chamferboard facade is painted with three shades of paint to appear like stonework. People who would like to tour the interior with a local Mason should ask at the information centre.

Next on the trail is the National Bank, built in 1906 and operated as a bank for nearly 70 years before being relocated and given a new job as the home of the Barcaldine Historical Museum. The museum is open from 7.00am every day except Good Friday and Christmas Day.

See St Peter’s Anglican Church, a cypress pine structure topped with a Gothic-style steeple. See the eagle font and baptismal font and linen which were donated by St Peter’s Yarrow-on-Tyne in England.

Finish your tour with an historic pub crawl. There are six hotels in town and they all have interesting pasts. The Union and the Artesian Hotels are the only two constructions to have survived more than a century.

Ready to go a little further afield? The Lloyd Jones Weir is about 15km from town. Relax at one of the picnic tables, fish or birdwatch. Birdwatchers will also enjoy Lagoon Creek (on the outskirts of Barcaldine). There are 2km of cemented walking tracks with native vegetation throughout.