Spring Creek Mountain Cafe and Cottages at Killarney. The morning view

Killarney: Spring Creek Mountain Cottages.

Good old-fashioned country hospitality is a highlight. Host Bev Ruskey does the cooking herself. Her beef and shiraz pie is legendary among regular guests.

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Top weekends away

What's your idea of the perfect short break: coastal, gourmet, urban, romantic, luxury, nature, family or country? Good Weekend editor Lauren Quaintance picks the best of the best from our annual guide. All you have to do is pack your bags.

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Top weekends away

What's your idea of the perfect short break: coastal, gourmet, urban, romantic, luxury, nature, family or country? Good Weekend editor Lauren Quaintance picks the best of the best from our annual guide. All you have to do is pack your bags.

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Eat, play, love it ... Young is host to all things cherry next month.

A summer of pip stops

From harvest festivals to street car cred, Lee Atkinson explores some crowd-pleasing events.

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Stanthorpe

Stanthorpe
Large and prosperous township on the New England Highway near the NSW border.
Stanthorpe is a remarkably attractive town set in the middle of a rich, mixed farming area where rural activities range from vineyards, wineries and orchards to sheep and cattle grazing. Located on the New England Highway 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level, Stanthorpe is unusually cool for Queensland. In winter the night time temperatures in the town often fall below zero - the average minimum temperature for July is 0.3°C. In fact the town once recorded -14.6°C - the coldest temperature ever recorded in the Sunshine state.

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Allora

A quiet service centre in the Darling Downs.

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A classic 'Queenslander' house

Inglewood - Places to See

Inglewood
Small and typical rural service centre.
Located 271 km south-west of Brisbane and 284 m above sea level Inglewood is a typical rural service town. Once an important tobacco growing town, a past which is evocatively recalled with a thoroughfare named 'Tobacco Road', it is now a service centre for a mixed agriculture area.

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