Hopes of tiny outback community rest on shoulders of giant wombat

Today, I visited the tiny town of Thallon in Queensland, about 600km from Brisbane. It’s a farming town that has done it tough over recent years due to drought, the closure of the railway and local services. I don’t expect you to have heard of Thallon. But in some respects, Thallon is ‘wombat central’ – or rather, it used to … Continue reading Hopes of tiny outback community rest on shoulders of giant wombat