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Cooladdi's Fox Trap Roadhouse owners save outback stop from becoming a ghost town

Carol Yarrow and Jo Cornel are the only two residents in the town of Cooladdi. (ABC Western Qld: Danielle Lancaster)

Surrounded by red dirt and mulga trees, Carol Yarrow and Jo Cornel are hard at work making a home as the last two residents in one of Australia's smallest towns.

More than 800 kilometres south-west of Brisbane, almost halfway between Charleville and Quilpie, the tiny town of Cooladdi proudly retains its post office and its postcode: 4479.

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