Charlotte Springs Hot Bore Baths
After a few days of driving in the dust of the NSW outback, there’s nothing like a hot bore bath to wash away the red stuff. Check out Charlotte Plains station…! WORDS AND IMAGES BY BEN CARCELLER TRAVEL: QUEENSLAND Around 40km East of Cunnamulla, on the Balonne Highway, you’ll find a sign that tells you to “Turn Baaack for a hot bath”. This is one of the two entrances to Charlotte Plains station, a working Sheep Station in Outback QLD. The station features something not found on most station stays – a piping hot Artesian bore bath. A series of bathtubs running along a bore drain, pipe natural hot water in for you to sit back and relax. Water comes out of the 2 main pipes that feed the system at around 42 degrees Celcius. You’re able to sit in the water of the natural bore drain area, in a large tub in the centre of the natural area, or in one of the many steel bathtubs situated all along the bore drain. Sitting in one of the baths after the sun has gone down and watching the billions of stars above is a particularly special experience. To get there, you can travel from Cunnamulla 45km East along the Balonne Highway, or out of St George and head 135km West through Bollon, which…
