TAROOM VETERINARY SURGERY

Taroom is located 464 km west of Brisbane via the Warrego and Leichhardt Highways. Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland

The tell-tale sign that you’ve arrived in Taroom is the Steel Wings windmill at the northern entry to town. Manufactured around the turn of the 20th Century, the windmill is a rare commodity, being only one of two known windmills of its type still in working order.
The landmark says a lot about the town. Taroom is steeped in early European history and built on primary industries – first sheep, now cattle and grain.

The region opened up to settlers in the 1840’s with the northern exploits of early explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. The good doctor took a liking to the place while camped by the Dawson River, carving his initials and year date – LL 1844 – into the bark of a Coolabah tree. The initials long since gone – in somewhat controversial circumstances – the tree still stands pride of place in the main street, which is as it happens, the Leichhardt Highway.

For more information, see https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/taroom and https://sandstonewonders.com/towns/taroom/