HEBEL, QLD - POPULATION: 149

NAV'S DRIVING DAY

FRID 17 - SAT 18.10 2014: Hebel is a hamlet in Balonne Shire and is close to the well known opal mines of Lightning Ridge. The original recorded town site name is 'Kelly's Point' due to the suggestion that Dan Kelly and Steve Hart (members of the infamous Kelly Gang), retreated here around that era and resided under assumed names whilst hiding from their pursuers. Hebel was reputedly named after a German immigrant Noble Van Hebel. Hebel helped stage the coaches for Cobb and Co. and Curriwillinghi Post Office opened on 1 January 1864. It was replaced in 1889 by Hebel Post Office which closed in 1989. We stayed at the Hebel Store Caravan Park, a venue we have previously frequented. Went across the road for our afternoon wine at the Hebel Pub and then had a beautiful dinner at the Hebel General Store (Woolpack Dining Room). 

HEBEL PUB

HEBEL GENERAL STORE



MARK "BUSHIE" THOMPSON

 

 

 

 

 

  

Sitting outside Poodle Palace  enjoying an afternoon refreshment when a chap came and joined us. Our visitor turned out to be Mark "Bushie" Thompson a bush poet that was performing over at the pub later in the evening. He kindly recited a poem relating of course to his dog - the Leylands wiped away the tears and thanked him for his visit. Bushie will be part of the Poet's Breakfast at the Tudor Hotel Tamworth in January so we will schedule a visit - if we can make the 8.00 am start!

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