Roma’s industries today are wool, wheat, cattle and mining. We were fascinated to learn about the early history of drilling for water which lead to oil exploration and the discovery of gas. This gas is still piped to Brisbane and regional centers in between.
The morning we departed Roma, we visited the sale yards. These are the biggest in Australia. Our guide, Lloyd, was an elderly sheep and cattle farmer, who explained the history and operation of marketing cattle. The auctions were a spectacle to see!
The search for an Akubra hat comes to an end in Roma at Golders men’s store. The rightsize, the right color and the right price.
WE couldn’t leave Roma without viewing the towns’s largest bottle tree.
