FARM STAYS PERANGA

Peranga is a small town in the Darling Downs that lies on a country road between Quinalow and Kulpi. The community is within a short drive of a number of surrounding tourist attractions, including the Acland Coal Mine, Moorlands Host Farm and the Muntapa Rail Tunnel. Peranga offers basic facilities, including a Post Office which also offers banking facilities and a public telephone....

Kulpi is a small rural community about an hour's drive though beautiful country north west from Toowoomba, via Oakey. Cattle and grain properties figure most prominently. The town of Kulpi was part of a selection made by Fred Beckmann from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run. Mr Beckman built two establishments, the Pioneer Hotel and a store which formed the centre of the town. The settlement was originally known as Rosalie, however the name was soon changed to Kulpi, to avoid confusion with the Rosalie Plains Homestead, which was a small town in itself. The name Kulpi came from an aboriginal word meaning "charred logs"....

Maclagan at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains, and close neighbour Quinalow, perched on Myall Creek are friendly towns. Be sure to explore the network of beautiful bushwalking tracks nearby in the Bunya Mountains National Park. If you're not too easily spooked, venture through the old Muntapa Rail Tunnel and duck to avoid the colony of bats that call it home. You may even be lucky enough to see an echidna along the walk to the tunnel. ...