Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia.
The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham, the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling.
Getting to Darling Downs
The most used airport in the Darling Downs region by far is
- 01Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
Where to eat
When it comes to where you can eat, it significantly varies by place and this region isn't particularly known for its food despite it being home to Australia's largest concentration of feedlots (and why there's no specific well known local specialty). Toowoomba has what you can expect of any mid-sized city.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: RegionalQueenslander (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.