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	Birdsville - Places To Visit - Outback - Queensland Holidays
		Birdsville, between the sands of the Simpson Desert and the gibber plains of Sturt's Stony Desert is the starting point of the famous Birdsville Track, which stretches to the south with the Simpson Desert to the west.
		Birdsville began life as 'Diamantina Crossing' in 1881 and was given its present name in 1885.
		Birdsville is best known for its famous pub and the annual race meeting when the population grows from 120 to 6,000 in two days.
	www.queenslandholidays.com.au /destinations/outback/places-to-visit/birdsville (294 words)

	The Birdsville Track
		Established during the 1880s, the Birdsville Track was the main stock route between Marree in South Australia and Birdsville in Queensland.
		The original ferry, the MV Tom Brennan, lies beside the Birdsville Track as a tribute to the early settlers and transporters of the area.
		Birdsville is famous throughout the nation for its hotel and its bush races, held every September.
	www.openroad.com.au /travel_camping_capeyorkpenisula.asp (1137 words)

	Birdsville - Queensland - Air Adventure Australia
		Birdsville is situated between the Simpson Desert and Sturt's Stony Desert in the far south west of Queensland.
		Birdsville in the days before Australian Federation (1901) was the centre for the stock routes to the rich Channel Country and was made a Customs collection point.
		Birdsville today is known world wide as the venue for the famous Birdsville Races, a bush race meeting with a difference, held in September of each year.
	www.airadventure.com.au /profiles_Birdsville.htm (576 words)

	Dust-up in Birdsville - Queensland - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		Birdsville is so far from anywhere that just about everyone has to travel for several days, a journey of hundreds of bone-shaking kilometres over sand hills and gibber plains, through vast cattle stations.
		Birdsville has fishing in the Diamantina, a museum of outback history and the wilderness of the Simpson Desert National Park, dominated by parallel rows of wind-blown sand dunes.
		When you hear a banging drum in Birdsville (it's dubbed the Birdsville National Anthem), it is a summons to Fred Brophy's Famous Boxing Troupe, the last of its kind in Australia.
	www.smh.com.au /news/queensland/dustup-in-birdsville/2007/07/05/1183351348237.html (1986 words)

	Birdsville
		The history of Birdsville, Jenkins County, Georgia, and the history of the Jones family are so interwoven that an account of either would be incomplete without the other.
		The Jones family story is the story of many pioneer Georgia families, adventurous and bold, settling in the Georgia pinelands to endure the dangers and hardships of an Indian infested country to carve out of its solid forests and wrest from its soil a living for themselves in complete religious and political freedom.
		Were it not for the evidence of Birdsville, the splendor of the Old South would be equally as imaginary to us in our dreams as it was to Francis Jones in his.
	www.rootsweb.com /~gaunknow/Birdsville.html (2183 words)

	Birdsville @ ExplorOz
		The people of Birdsville are proud of their heritage and if you befriend them they might reward you with some of their family stories.
		From Maree to Birdsville, Tom Kruse the mailman of the outback conquered sandhills, mud bogs, floods, flies and frustration as he delivered mail to the cattle stations along the original Birdsville Track in an old mail truck.
		They celebrate and recuperate at the Birdsville Pub and return to their homes in the cities, either never to return or vow to make it an annual event.
	www.exploroz.com /Journal/DTrip/BVI/Birdsville.asp (1122 words)

	Birdsville - Queensland - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		Birdsville came to importance in the 1880s when the drovers and station owners in western Queensland realised that moving cattle through the Channel country and down the Birdsville Track to the railhead at Marree (which had been opened in 1884) was the most efficient way to transport cattle to the coastal markets.
		Birdsville's raison d'etre virtually disappeared with Federation in 1901 when interstate trade was freed and since then it has been declining in importance.
		A word of warning: about 100 km down the Birdsville Track is a simple memorial to the Page family who in 1963, after their car had broken down on the road, tried to walk out.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Birdsville/2005/02/17/1108500202131.html (819 words)

	Birdsville Hotel - EPA/QPWS
		The Birdsville Hotel, erected c1884, survives as an important link with the earliest establishment of pastoral settlement in the Diamantina district of far western Queensland.
		The name Birdsville was not adopted until the 1885 survey, and is thought to have been suggested by Robert Frew, owner of Pandie Pandie Station, who also had a store and shop at the Diamantina Crossing, in reference to the profuse bird life of the district.
		The earliest section of the Birdsville Hotel is likely to have been constructed in 1883 [possibly from stone quarried at a site about 16 kilometres from the town], as the first license for this hotel was issued to William Blair in that year.
	www.epa.qld.gov.au /projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=600461&back=1 (1066 words)

	Birdsville Track - South Australia
		Travelling this 517 km route from Marree to Birdsville, or the other way, leads you to remote, harsh outback country.
		This part of the road was built in the 1960 to detour Goyder Lagoon and the flood plains of the Diamantina river.
		When you arrive in Birdsville, the tiny town at the end of the track, you are still in the middle of nowhere, but there is so much to explore!
	www.ritas-outback-guide.com /BirdsvilleTrack.html (660 words)

	Birdsville tours with Australian Luxury Desert Tours, Queensland, Australia
		Birdsville is home to the world famous Birdsville Races, held at the local racetrack on the first weekend of September every year.
		The Birdsville Pub is nearly as famous as the Birdsville Races themselves, being built in 1884.
		When we arrive in Birdsville, we stay either at the Birdsville Hotel or in comfortable cabins on the banks of the Diamintina River.
	www.ausafari.com.au /birdsville.htm (276 words)

	AusEmade: Birdsville Information and Attractions, Queensland (QLD), Australia
		The name was changed to Birdsville in 1885 it is believed because the local billabong was home to such a huge variety of native birdlife.
		The main attraction each year is the horse race meetings Birdsville Races held the first Friday and Saturday each September drawing huge crowds of over 5000 to this small town with a regular population of only 120 souls.
		Birdsville is one of four tracks in Queensland that run anti-clockwise.
	www.ausemade.com.au /qld/destination/b/birdsville-attractions.htm (534 words)

	Boomerang Adventures
		The outback festival we are all keen to be a part of.
		Have a stroll around Birdsville, get to know the place that will be home for the next three days.
		These meals are dinner in Windorah, the night of the yabbie races, Dinner the night of the Birdsville Cup and Lunch on the last day in Katoomba.
	www.boomerangadventures.com.au /adventures/birdsville_itinerary.htm (815 words)

	dimensions_in_time - 14/10/2002: Birdsville Track
		DAVE BURGE: My connections with the Birdsville Track go back in that I saw the movie 'Back of Beyond' when I was a kid and Birdsville Track always fascinated me then.
		You've got to get up the Birdsville Track and into the Birdsville pub because people think of it as one of the last, hardest to reach places in Australia, when in actual fact, it's not anymore.
		There's often talk about bituminising the Birdsville Track but I really think it'll spoil it because the track is the track and that's what it's important about.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s701782.htm (1050 words)

	Birdsville - Outback Queensland
		Birdsville is a small outback town of population 100 and is situated just north of the Qld and South Australian border.
		This famous road heads south from Birdsville across the border to Maree (500 kilometres away) in South Australia.
		At the other end of the Birdsville track is the bustling metropolis of Maree.
	users.tpg.com.au /users/rcraig/birdsvil.htm (246 words)

	Birdsville RV and Campground in Smithland, Kentucky welcomes RVers and tenters
		Nestled along the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, Birdsville RV and Campground is a Kentucky RV and tent campground welcoming campers and tenters alike.
		Birdsville is convenient to Marion, Paducah, Grand Rivers, and the Land Between the Lakes, as well as Illinois and Tennessee.
		The Ohio River campground is convenient to many additional recreational activities and area attractions, including several city parks, the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, the River Heritage Museum, a performing arts center, "wall to wall" murals, and a 1905 Market House and Theater.
	www.campingfriend.com /BirdsvilleResortandCampground/default.asp?source=RESERVATIONFRIEND&strExchange= (578 words)

	Birdsville- Iconic Australia
		Often referred to as Australia’s most isolated town, Birdsville and its attendant billabong are an oasis standing between the endless sands of the Simpson Desert and the gibber plains of Sturts Stony Desert.
		Birdsville was established as a centre for stock routes for the cattle country and as a Customs collection point.
		Birdsville’s pastoral tradition continues today, as the Channel Country is now renowned as some of the best cattle fattening land in the country.
	www.diamantina.qld.gov.au /attractions/birdsville.shtml (231 words)

	Birdsville Track @ ExplorOz
		The Birdsville Track is one of the great icons of the Aussie outback and was once an almost impossible trip.
		The Birdsville Track is travelled heavily during the peak outback travel season (April - October) by the growing breed of 4WD tourists, many even towing campertrailers.
		NOTE: The Diamantina Shire (comprising the towns of Birdsville, Betoota and Bedourie) request that UHF Ch 8 and 38 are NOT to be used unless in an emergency - these channels are monitored by the Clinics, Police and station operators and must remain clear.
	www.exploroz.com /TrekNotes/Deserts/Birdsville_Track.asp (1182 words)

	The Birdsville Pub
		You see, the problem is that Birdsville is out bloody woop-woop, as we say - some 1600 km west of Brisbane and in the middle of some of Australia's harshest and driest country.
		By now we were ready to hit the sack, and, given the town had swollen to 50 times its normal population, did as the others did and slept under the wings of Dave's plane in our swags.
		Somewhat amazingly in these modern times, the Birdsville Races are a charity event for the Birdsville Hospital and the Royal Flying Doctors with 100% of the gate takings going to these good causes.
	www.australianbeers.com /pubs/birdsville/bird.htm (1238 words)

	We survived Birdsville
		Birdsville, pop 140, in the heart of the Australian Outback, is wedged between the Strezlecki and the Simpson Deserts, with an annual rainfall of 6”.
		So, you get the point, there ain’t nothing there, The Annual Birdsville Races are such an iconic Australian event that they attract a crowd of 6000.
		Due to the remoteness of Birdsville, it takes two or three days driving from the coastal cities (All Aussie cities are on the coast, because everything else is desert.) mostly on dirt roads requiring a serious FWD.
	www.vansairforce.net /rv_travel/PeterJames/birdsville.htm (192 words)

	No horses, but Birdsville parties on - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Birdsville Race Club president David Brook said punters were flocking to the other activities on offer, including sideshows, a boxing tent and dances.
		At the Birdsville Hotel, Lisa Pearson has already started losing her voice in the festivities.
		Birdsville's population swells from 80 to anything up to 8,000 for the annual event, which has been run since 1882.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/No-horses-but-Birdsville-parties-on/2007/08/31/1188067351464.html (353 words)

	MICRRH - Birdsville
		Birdsville, located between Simpson Desert and Sturt's Stony Desert is the starting point of the famous Birdsville Track, Which Streaches into South Australia and the Simpson desert to the east.
		Later the name Birdsville was adopted believing to be on account of the prolific bird life in the district.
		Birdsville is best known for its famous pub and the annual race meeting when the population grows from 200 to 6,000 in two days.
	micrrh.jcu.edu.au /Our-Region/birdsville.html (297 words)

	Birdsville South Australian History
		Birdsville, in the middle of nowhere with a population of about one hundred people, is the service centre for outlying pastoral properties.
		By the end of the 1880s there was even talk of a railway to Birdsville and during the early part of 1891 a Royal Commission travelled from Hawker via Innamincka, Haddon Downs, Birdsville, Marree, Farina and Leigh's Creek to investigate the railway to Queensland.
		A month later the Birdsville police station was under water and the Strzelecki creek three metres higher than in the 1887 flood.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /bird.htm (489 words)

	Flu halts Birdsville Races - Horse Racing - Sport - theage.com.au
		Birdsville was in full carnival-mode said Ms Pearson with stall-holders, a boxing troupe and other entertainers well into their preparations for what is the town's premier annual event, attracting thousands of merry racegoers.
		Earlier a tourism officer from Birdsville's Wirrari Centre said it was too early to know how much of an impact the racing ban would have on visitor numbers.
		The officer said Birdsville's population of about 120 usually swelled to at least 5000 to 6000, with most people arriving later in the week.
	www.theage.com.au /news/horse-racing/flu-halts-birdsville-races/2007/08/28/1188067074642.html (643 words)

	The Race Club @ Birdsville Races
		Even in 2007 the spirit of this annual gathering has not changed except that the meeting has now evolved and grown into an internationally recognised major outback event.
		The Birdsville Race Club wishes to acknowledge the many staff and volunteers who assist in making the races the great success that it is. Many staff involved have travelled more than 1000km's to offer their services.
		The health of the residents in and visitors to the Birdsville region remains the number one priority for the race club.
	www.birdsvilleraces.com /RacingInfo/RaceClub.htm (338 words)

	Australia Outback Birdsville Track
		The Birdsville track was established by the first Birdsville storekeeper as a supply line.
		The Birdsville Museum is worth the entrance fee if you want to learn about past life on a cattle station.
		Leaving Birdsville to the south, you'll soon cross the SA border.
	www.landroverclub.net /Club/HTML/Australia_Birdsville.htm (809 words)

	BIRDSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN BIRDSVILLE, THINGS TO DO IN BIRDSVILLE, FETSIVALS ...
		Birdsville was once a thriving little town, making money on the exportation of cattle from Queensland to South Australia.
		If you are planning on making the journey out to Birdsville you should aim to get there for the lively Birdsville Races, which are held in September.
		Many people go to Birdsville at this time, and it is great fun.
	www.australianexplorer.com /birdsville.htm (309 words)

	Home :: Birdsville Caravan Park
		The park is situated on the banks of the Birdsville Billabong and comprises 52 powered sites, three ensuited cabins, nine standard cabins, almost unlimited camping sites, an amenities block and a café.
		Birdsville is located 1600 kilometres west of Brisbane and around 1100 kilometres north of Adelaide.
		Birdsville is serviced twice weekly by flights from Mount Isa and Brisbane and once weekly from South Australia.
	www.birdsvillecaravanpark.com (215 words)

	Beyond Birdsville - Where To Go?
		So you ask me "What is beyond Birdsville?" Good question since I led you there along the Birdsville Track.
		The eastern option from Birdsville is along the Birdsville Developmental Road to Windorah.
		A few kilometres out of Birdsville is a very rare stand of ancient trees.
	www.ritas-outback-guide.com /Beyond-Birdsville.html (604 words)

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