Bilpa Morea

Bilpa Morea
Bilpa Morea
	Bilpa Morea Bedourie, Southwestern Queensland
Floor elevation	200 ft (61 m)
Geography
Coordinates	25°01′59″S 140°00′00″E

Bilpa Morea is a claypan in Bedourie in the Shire of Diamantina in the extreme southwest of Queensland, Australia.[1] It has been investigated as a possible location for land speed record attempts due to its flat and hard surface.[2] An archaeological dig in 2009 recovered artefacts buried by explorers Burke and Wills under the clay during their ill-fated 1861 expedition.[3]

References

"Bilpa Morea Claypan (entry 2627)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Ottley, Stephen (13 November 2013). "Australian Rosco McGlashan eyes world speed record". Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Moore, Tony. "Exhibition unearths legend of Burke and Wills". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

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[1] "Bilpa Morea Claypan (entry 2627)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

[2] Ottley, Stephen (13 November 2013). "Australian Rosco McGlashan eyes world speed record". Retrieved 26 December 2013.

[3] Moore, Tony. "Exhibition unearths legend of Burke and Wills". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2013.