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Boulia Shire Council has shared photographs of a dust storm which hit the town last week, The storm happened on January 3 and the photos taken by Tarsha Shaw shows a dust rolling into Boulia town and the surrounding country from the south. Boulia Shire Council said these big dust waves, also known as a Bedourie, used to be very common throughout the shire in the early 1960s. "Many of our long-term locals remember these storms lasting up to 3 days at a time," Boulia Shire Council said. Bedourie is a town 200km south of Boulia, which borders the Simpson Desert and the town's name actually means "dust storm" in the local Indigenous language. In November 2019 a dust storm centered on Mount Isa stretched all the way from the Northern Territory to Roma. READ ALSO: Western Qld misses out on cheap fuel in 2020 While you are here, subscribe to our weekly email delivered to your inbox every Tuesday and Friday.
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January 12 2021 - 12:38PM
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Boulia Shire Council has shared photographs of a dust storm which hit the town last week,
The storm happened on January 3 and the photos taken by Tarsha Shaw shows a dust rolling into Boulia town and the surrounding country from the south.
Boulia Shire Council said these big dust waves, also known as a Bedourie, used to be very common throughout the shire in the early 1960s.
"Many of our long-term locals remember these storms lasting up to 3 days at a time," Boulia Shire Council said.
Bedourie is a town 200km south of Boulia, which borders the Simpson Desert and the town's name actually means "dust storm" in the local Indigenous language.