page_title: Boulia, Queensland
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Boulia, Queensland / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Min Min Encounter, 2016
context_page_description: Boulia is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Boulia had a population of 301 people.
  Boulia is the administrative centre of the Boulia Shire, population approximately 600, which covers an area of 61,176 square kilometres.
  The area is best known for sightings of the Min Min lights, mysterious shimmering lights that appear at night. The lights are said to be caused by atmospheric refraction that occurs when cold air is trapped below warmer air, a phenomenon known as Fata Morgana.
context_section_description: Boulia has a range of public facilities open to the community. These include a public library, public hall, sports complex, racecourse, the Min Min encounter tourist centre, museum, visitor information centre, and camel races.  The Boulia Shire Council operates a public library at 18 Burke Street.
  An 18-hole golf course with sand greens is located on the Boulia Winton Road. Greens fees are not charged for the use of this course and a clubhouse with bar facilities is available.
  Boulia has Australia's first three-dimensional zebra crossing which is based on an optical illusion. It is to improve road safety and also to be a tourist attraction. It was introduced in 2018 after Boulia Shire Council mayor Rick Britton saw similar crossings in Iceland, Malaysia, India, New Zealand and the United States on social media.
  The Boulia branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms at 61 Moonah Street.
caption: Min Min Encounter, 2016
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