tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Middleton

Out at Middleton there isn't just the old stagecoach-base pub, the Hilton Hotel is also to be found there. View large to fully appreciate that this is luxury itself, it even has an ATM machine!

Middleton was the middle one of nine horse changing stations for stagecoaches on the run between Winton and Boulia - a 384 km trip then taking four days. Nothing remains of the other eight coach stations, making this one of the most isolated pubs in Queensland. The coach run here operated until somewhere between 1915 and 1920 and at that time Middleton had a school, police station, store and community hall. Only the pub still operates.

On the verandah of the Middleton Hotel. Middleton (population 4) was the middle one of nine horse changing stations for stage coaches on the run between Winton and Boulia - a 384 km trip then taking four days. Nothing remains of the other eight coach stations, making this one of the most isolated pubs in Queensland. I wouldn't take the sign out the front (PiP) too seriously in this semi-desert area! Happy Bench Monday and have a good week, everyone.