Visit the Queensland outback for country friendliness!
Have a great outback experience exploring the towns of western Queensland. If you are planning to veer off the main highways, travel by 4WD in convoy, take plenty of water and notify someone of where you will be. Charleville is 750 km from Brisbane on the Warrego River. It has a Historical House Museum, an Aboriginal Workshop, the School of Distance Education and Skywatch. South of Charleville is the sheep and beef town of Cunnamulla. West of Charleville is the Channel Country where you will find the opal mining town of Quilpie. Here you can try your hand at opal fossicking. The town of Eulo makes an annual event of the World Lizard Racing Championships. Thargomindah is the site of the Burke & Wills "Dig Tree" and Yowah is a small opal mining town.
Windorah is another place to fossick for opals and is on the road to Birdsville. Travel through Bedourie to Boulia and you might see the legendary Min Min Light. Visit the Stone House Cottage Museum in Boulia. The town of Blackall is on the Barcoo River and here you can visit the Blackall Wool Scour and some aboriginal rock art. Drive to Barcaldine to see the Australian Workers Heritage Centre and the Barcaldine and District Folk Museum. Other towns to the north are Ilfracombe, Longreach, Winton, Kynuna, McKinlay and Cloncurry. Take an outback bus tour if you don't wish to self-drive.
Location The Outback region of western Qld stretches to the borders with South Australia and Northern Territory.
Activities Visit the Queensland outback for country friendliness, opal fossicking, historic museums, aboriginal rock art, farming areas and mining towns.
