RATED 5 OUT OF 5 HELMETS
The Stonehenge Hotel
11 Stratford St, Stonehenge, Qld
T: 07 46585944
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OKAY, SO LET’S GET this sorted from the start: Queensland’s Stonehenge, 150 odd kilometres south from Longreach has bugger-all to do with the one on in England. Wasn’t named after it, doesn’t resemble it, and well, the Aussie one’s not quite so basic and primitive.
When I was there last year it was weirdly green from the unusual rains but there was still no resemblance to the Salisbury Plains. If you come from south from Longy – now a real desert for good hotels - your arrival here is heralded by a 44 gallon drum painted in XXXX regalia atop what might be an old telegraph pole on one of the few rises in the place. Have a short breather, get a picture, and take time to sign the address book.
Coming in from the south you’ve got a different spot pause at the Swanvale Jump-up about 40kms out of Jundah for a stunning view of the ‘sunlit plains extended.’ Then on the outskirts you’ll pass three minions on the left at the entrance to the rock quarry – the town’s biggest industry and then the metropolis beckons.
The highwayonly customer – work shirt under an oil-skin vest, peaked cap and well used jeans - isjustfinishinganon-alcoholic ginger beer before intending to head out with his takeaway lunch.
