WITH A name like Coolibah, you’d expect this motel to have something especially Australian about it.

It does. When you have a meal in the Coolibah Motel’s restaurant, you can immerse yourself in some of the history of Blackall.

The walls are an artistic tribute to the town’s past, with 12 metres of murals already painted and more to come. So while you’re tucking into a good country-style meal of rump steak, red emperor, pork chops or beef ribs on the bone, enjoy scenes depicting the masonic lodge, the State’s first artesian bore, the old theatre, old hotels and other views of yesteryear.