| Recreation: |
Swimming Pool; Spa; Park & Playground; Centenary Recreation Centre & Sports Oval; Tennis, Golf, Cricket, Football, Clay Target and Picnic Race Clubs |
| Education: |
State Primary School - Pre/Year 7, daily bus service 27km to Longreach State High School |
| Churches: |
Catholic and Anglican - monthly church services |
| Major Industries: |
Wool |
| Tourist & Development Features/Opportunities: |
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Machinery & Heritage Museum including Folk Museum, Oakhampton Cottage, with old-time wagons, vehicles, early farming implements and machinery stretching along the highway from one end of town to the other
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Romani Hall - a tribute to Australia's Lighthorsemen
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Historic Langenbaker House - an original early settlers cottage
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Historic Wellshot Hotel
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Hilton's Bottle Museum - reputed to be one of the largest and best collections of bottles in Australia
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Wellshot Centre - a display centre which tells the story of one of Australia's great sheep stations along with a turn-of-the-century Jail House and an original shepherds hut
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27km from Longreach Stockman's Hall of Fame, 80km from Barcaldine Workers' Heritage Centre
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| Area Police: |
Mr John Ostman, Racecourse Road. (07) 4658 2176 |
| S.E.S.: |
Mr Terry Little |
| Fire Control: |
Mr Wayne Morris |
| Queensland Transport Statistics as at 29 October 2002: |
The average daily Landsborough Highway traffic volume through the town of Ilfracombe is 502 vehicles. This comprises 391 light vehicles and 111 heavy vehicles (incl buses)
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