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Liston is a small village located just over the state border and technically sits in Tenterfield Shire, though we consider them Granite Belt locals!
HISTORY + HERITAGE
The origin of the name Liston is unknown but we do know it has substantial links to the tin mining era. In the early years this was rough country – famous for bushrangers. There was also a significant Chinese workforce in the area (at Joss house) and the mining industry spread further east to a silver mine at Rivertree. At this time there was a dairy and cheese maker at nearby Wylie Creek; today it is mostly beef cattle and lavender which is produced at Liston. The Liston Hall is the centre of interaction for the community.
ART, CRAFT + CULTURE
Aloomba Lavender is the perfect place to pick up a beautiful gift and learn about the value of lavender. It is also a 4000 acre cattle farm.
NATURE + ADVENTURE
Be mesmerised by water at Undercliffe Falls, located on the Bookookoorara Creek 27kms east of Stanthorpe via Liston. The falls descend 150m, over a 30m wide rock face into a deep pool ideal for swimming in summer. Take a walk track through eucalypt forest across Bookookoorara Creek to Bookookoorara State Forest returning as a circuit back to the creek.
You can also access Bald Rock National Park through Liston – famously offering the largest exposed granite monolith in the Southern Hemisphere.
Travelling north of Liston towards Killarney takes you to the stunning Queen Mary Falls.
GETTING HERE
Liston is 20 minutes east of Stanthorpe, an 18 km drive along Amosfield Road taking you accross the Queensland/New South Wales border. Click for a Google map.
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