Car Hire Chinchilla - Mini guide to Chinchilla

Chinchilla is an Australian town situated approximately three hundred kilometres North West of Brisbane. The name Chinchilla is believed to have Aboriginal origins. Chinchilla is a corruption of .Jinchilla. - the Aborigine word for cypress pine. The termite resistant Cypress pine is grown in the area and is a high quality building material.

But it is the watermelon crop that Chinchilla town is widely known for, despite deriving its name from a tree! In fact Chinchilla is recognised as Australia.s Watermelon Capital. This is because a quarter of Australia.s watermelon crop is produced in Chinchilla. As if to celebrate this, once every two years a melon festival is held in Chinchilla town in February.

The original inhabitants of Chinchilla were the Barungam. Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt first came across the Barungam in chinchilla in 1844. The first white settler however was a man named Matthew Goggs. He was granted a lease of fourteen years in 1848 over Chinchilla. However the official establishment of the town came in 1878. There is a monument erected in honour of Ludwig Leichhardt's honour at the Pioneer Cemetery. Situated close to a highway it can be accessed by car and there are various car hire services are available in the area.

Initially Chinchilla town was heavily dependent on agriculture but a lot has changed since then. Now it is a region with a fairly diversified economy where besides livestock and horticultural farming, there is coal and gas exploration and power station development going on.

For recreation, Chinchilla town has many sports facilities and clubs. Alongside leisure fishing, water sports are a common feature in chinchilla.

Warrego highway passes through Chinchilla town and one can use any of the various car hire services available in the area. Currently Chinchilla town has a population of about six thousand people.

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