Queensland Outback holidays - tours - accommodation - travel

Spend some time in the outback and you begin to understand just how big Australia really is! The Queensland Outback is a huge area stretching almost 3000 km from the New South Wales border in the south up into the Gulf Country in the north and across to the Northern Territory border in the west.

The Outback is an area full of of surprises. Parched in the dry, floodwaters kilometres wide in the wet season. Tree lined lagoons and winter wildflowers.

Queensland outback holidays will almost certainly include old bush pubs, country hospitality and pioneering spirit. A "don't rush" lifestyle.

Vivid sunsets and sunrises. Aboriginal rock art, dinosaur fossils in one place, opals and sapphires in another. Perfectly suited for holidays in 4WD rental vehicles.

The major routes through the Queensland outback are bitumen sealed and safe for all classes of vehicles. However once you leave the major highways, many roads are unsealed and 4WD vehicles are the order of the day.

No matter what type of vehicle you are driving it is essential that you carry a emergency equipment and spares in good working order. Seek advice from the nearest RACQ office.

Places of Interest - Outback Qld

South West Outback - takes in the towns of St George, Roma, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Quilpie and Thargomindah.

Generally sheep, cattle and dryland farming with some irrigation areas. Wildflower fields at Cunnamulla and Eulo. Opal mining at Quilpie and Yowah. Skywatch observatory at Charleville.

Central West Outback - takes in the towns of Injune, Emerald, Barcaldine, Blackall, Longreach, Winton, Boulia and Birdsville. Sheep country made famous by Waltzing Matilda and Jackie Howe who in 1892 sheared 321 sheep in 8 hours using hand clipper shears.

Outback station holidays, aboriginal rock art at Carisbrook Station, open air movies in Winton. The Stockman's Hall of Fame and the origins of Qantas in Longreach. Opal and sapphire fields around Emerald and dinosaur footprints at Lark Quarry. The "Tree of Knowledge" and the Australian Workers Heritage Centre at Barcaldine. The famous Birdsville Pub and annual race day. Carnarvon National Park.

North West Outback - takes in the towns of Charters Towers, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Cloncurry and Mt Isa. Generally cattle country with some dryland farming.

Farmstay holidays, colonial architecture of the Charters Towers gold rush days, dinosaur display centre in Hughenden, origins of the Royal Flying Doctor in Cloncurry.

Mt Isa with its mine, Australia's biggest rodeo and the beautiful Lawn Hill Gorge National Park.

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