Shea Court, Taroom QLD 4420, Australia
LOT 17 Shea Court is in the town of Taroom, Queensland, on the Leichhardt Highway near the Dawson River. It lies less than a kilometre from the centre of town and the surrounding cadastral County of Fortescue.
Greyhound Australia runs a long‑distance coach service that stops in Taroom on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Rockhampton, and on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for Toowoomba. The Taroom Airport is about 20 km to the south‑east and is used by private and emergency aircraft.
The historic Leichhardt Tree on Yaldwyn Street is roughly 0.9 km away, and the rare Steel‑Wing windmill on the banks of the Dawson River is a short walk from the property. Additional heritage listings in the area include the Fraser family grave site and the former Taroom Aboriginal Settlement.
The Banana Shire Council library at 24 Yaldwyn Street is about 0.9 km from the property, roughly a five‑minute walk.
Taroom sits on the Dawson River and has experienced four major floods (1890, 1956, 1983, and 2010) with water levels up to 4.39 m above ground. A colour‑coded flood‑marker pole near the historic windmill records these events for residents and visitors.
In addition to the library, Taroom offers a town hall built in 2004 with a 300‑seat auditorium, a commercial kitchen and bar, and the unique Steel‑Wing windmill on the riverbank. The town also has a post office, weather stations, and a range of local shops within a kilometre of the property.
Taroom hosts a busy calendar including the New Year Races in January, St Patrick's Day campdraft in March, the Golden Horse Shoe campdraft in April, the Taroom Agricultural Show in May, and a fishing competition at Glebe Weir in June. Summer events feature a rodeo in July, the Leichhardt Festival and Spring Races in September, and a Polocrosse Carnival later in the year.
