Condamine (Queensland)

Condamine is a small village with about 400 inhabitants in the Australian state of Queensland. Condamine is located 34 km south of Miles and 186 kilometers north of Goondiwindi on the Leichhardt Highway. The city is located in the administrative area (LGA ) Western Downs region.

Condamine is considered the place where the Condamine Bell, a small bell made ​​of sheet metal that was used to locate herds of cattle was invented.

The gas pipeline from Roma to Brisbane Condamine happened in the south. Two gas compression facilities are in the west, where two other pipelines, and the Braemar Line Pack pipeline crossing Peat / Scotia Lateral with the Roma - Brisbane pipeline.

The Condamine River flows through the western part of the city. On December 30, during the floods in Queensland beginning from 2010 to 2011, the city had to be evacuated, as it was expected that the level of the river would exceed the 15 m mark. After the flood had fallen, the city had within 10 days one more time to be cleared, as further heavy rain caused a flash flood. The second flood wave reached a high of 13.2 m.