Blackall Visitor Information Centre 108a Shamrock Street, Blackall Queensland 4472 Phone (07) 4657 4637 Fax (07) 4657 4913 Information on Blackall and the Blackall Woolscour, aquatic centre, Black Stump, Jackie Howe statue Email: binfo@btrc.qld.gov.au Website: www.btrc.qld.gov.au

Visit this woolscour of a bygone era

MORE THAN a century old, the Blackall Woolscour is an engineering achievement of its time.

Visit the woolscour and smell the wool from a bygone era on a tour of this complex, which is believed to be the last intact steam-powered wool washing plant in the country. Its steam machines and enormous wool driers operated from 1908 to 1978. The main source of water for the scouring process was from the Great Artesian Basin. A bore was sunk in 1906 for the woolscour and the free-flowing bore can still be seen at the woolscour today.

The building itself is one of the largest timber frame buildings of its type in Queensland and its timber frame is completely nail free! The entire hoop pine frame is tenon and morticed.

The Blackall Woolscour operates seven days a week with tours every hour, with the first tour starting at 9.00am and the last leaving at 4.00pm. Each tour starts with a video entitled The Golden Age of Wool and visitors are personally guided by one of Blackall’s real characters.

Experience the true atmosphere of a steam-driven woolscour from May through to August when steam operates the site, while electricity runs the operation for the rest of the year.

Walk around the grounds and see the free flowing artesian bore, the old shearers’ quarters and cookhouse.

Join one of the woolscour bush dinners on the first Saturday of every month from May to September. Listen to yarns around the campfire after a meal cooked in the antique wood stove.
For further details phone or fax (07) 4657 6042 or send an email to blackallwoolscour@bigpond.com.