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Cunnamulla

Bi-Centennial Museum John Street Cunnamulla

The Bi-Centennial Museum is located in the Cunnamulla library and is open Monday to Friday. The building was once the Masonic Lodge and the Lodge memorabilia is also on display. The large..

Cunnamulla Fella Jane Street Paroo Shire Council Cunnamulla

The Cunnamulla Fella is a song written by Stan Coster and sung by Slim Dusty. He is an iconic Australian Bush character. The town of Cunnamulla has erected a statue of the Cunnamulla Fella..

Heritage Trail Cunnamulla Jane Street Centenary Park Cunnamulla

The Cunnamulla Heritage Trail is part of the Paroo Pioneer Pathways. The trail is a self-guided tour that traces the history and the development of the town. Historical sites include the..

Robbers Tree Stockyard Street Cunnamulla

A living reminder of the Cunnamulla Bank Robbery in 1880, The Robber, Joseph Wells, hid in the tree but was quickly captured by the irate townspeople whose money he had stolen. Joseph..

Warrego Highway - Ipswich, Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Miles, Roma, Mitchell, Morven, Charleville

Charleville Cosmos Centre
The Cosmos Centre has been redeveloped to give visitors a tour of crystal clear night skies and how Aborigines used them for food gathering and navigation. An observatory with four telescopes, plus a multi-media Indigenous Theatre, a history of astronomy
and new exhibits provides visitors with a more interactive and educational
experience.

From the rugged cliffs of the Great Dividing Range that the explorer Major Thomas Mitchell once crossed, to the open downs country that caught his eye, it is no wonder that Tambo is being discovered by travellers.

Tambo is a living museum of cultural history and a place for the visitor to gain insight into the lifestyle and heritage of Australia's forebears. There are the sites of the early European settlement that was to lead pastoralists in the 1860s to flock to Tambo taking up land for grazing. The pastoral industry still remains the basis of Tambo's economy today.

Tambo's Heritage Walk through the town will take you back in time, visiting old buildings and historically significant places. The Coolibah Walk follows the banks of the Barcoo where the native trees reach out across the river and provide a cool haven for the birdlife.

The Tambo Lake area is the focus for a recreational area offering barbecue facilities, nature walks, native tree forest and water sports.

Visit the Tambo Teddies Workshop and see the sheep skin teddy bears being created and sold. Each bear is named after a property in the Tambo district, giving them claim to some of the oldest settled country in Queensland.

Blackall

Located on the Matilda Highway and is name after Sir Samuel Blackall, the second Governor of Queensland. The town was founded in 1846 by explorer Major Thomas Mitchell.

Rest, relax and revive at Blackall's Aquatic Centre - home to the artesian spa and swimming pool.

Famous for many reasons, blade shearer Jack Howe put Blackall on the map in 1892 at 'Alice Downs' when he set a world record by shearing 321 sheep in seven hours and 40 minutes. It actually took another 58 years before anyone could match this feat and that was by machine shears.

Blackall was also the first Outback town to start drilling an artesian bore back in 1885. It is also the home of the Black Stump which was used for surveying purposes and permanently marks the original Astro Station established in 1887. Anything west of this point is said to be 'beyond the black stump'.

Idalia National Park - 113 kilometres south-west of Blackall. Four wheel drive recommended. Roads become impassable when wet

Amid the gorges and rocky formations of the Gowan Range tablelands, Idalia National Park protects extensive mulga woodlands, the Bulloo River's headwaters and threatened wildlife. Seven species of macropods, including yellow-footed rock-wallabies and endangered bridled nailtail wallabies live here. 15 native species of fuchsia grow here.

Explore the park on the self-guided drive. Enjoy panoramic views from Emmet Pocket lookout. Murphy's Rockhole, a shady gorge, is a good place for wildlife watching. Visit Old Idalia, an old mustering camp and stockyards. Walk to the wave-shaped cliff overhang. Bush camp at the peaceful Monk's Tank camping area, hidden in mulga woodlands. Camping fees apply. Go spotlighting. Photographers will delight in the vivid sunsets.

Barcaldine Australian Workers Heritage Centre,
A tribute to Australia's working men and women, featuring displays and exhibitions in recreated historical work precincts. The centre now features a new exhibition - "Women in Australia's Working History" - to help redress the balance in our nation's history books.

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame - this tribute to Australia's Outback heroes includes a variety of traditional artefacts, electronic displays, photographs, films and stories of bush life.

Qantas Founders Museum - this world-class attraction commemorates the founders of this great Australian company that grew to become internationally recognised as a leader in world aviation. Join a tour of the decommissioned 747 'City of Bunbury' and the latest addition to the collection is the Boeing 707 jet, the very first passenger jet ever owned by Qantas.

School of Distance Education - Visit one of the largest classrooms in the world at the Longreach School of Distance Education. Tours include a walk through the school with an explanation of the process of the delivery, as well as observing a lesson.

Australian Agricultural College, Longreach Campus - Experience a taste of life on the land by taking a guided tour. Observe students at work, see live animals and discover the scope of things on offer.

Longreach Powerhouse Museum - Discover one of Longreach's best kept secrets. Unearth the local history with exhibits that include the powerhouse generating equipment, displays of social and commercial history, agricultural and road building machinery and the 1921 swimming baths.

Cobb and Co. Coach Rides - Step aboard a Cobb and Co. Coach and experience life in the old days. Departing from the Station Store the ride takes you through the streets of Longreach and out on a 'Gallop through the Scrub'. It really fives you a taste of the bygone days.

Take a sunset river cruise on the Thomson complete with either a three-course dinner or camp oven dinner with entertainment; or an intimate candlelight dinner.

Rich in history, Winton was originally known as Pelican Waterhole and was first settled in 1875. The Outback town is best known as the place that AB (Banjo) Paterson wrote Waltzing Matilda in 1895, while staying at Dagworth Station outside Winton.

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (Qantas), Australia's national airline was formed in Winton in November, 1920

Winton is in the centre of Matilda Country, a diverse region in which vast Mitchell Grass plains are broken by magnificent coloured gorges, ridges and jump-ups. The Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways is the best example of dinosaur tracks in the world.

Visitors to the region will be amazed by the vastness of the plains and the undulating nature of the landscape

Day trips from Winton take visitors to Opalton, one of the oldest opal fields in Queensland; Combo Waterhole, where the swaggie of 'Waltzing Matilda' fame reputedly met his fate; the vintage sandstone homestead of Old Cork Station; and Lark Quarry, where 93 million year-old fossils capture a dinosaur stampede.

Bladensburg National Park (17 km south-west of Winton) is a large park protecting Mitchell grass downs and channel country. It is home to a wonderful variety of wildlife, including tiny mammals called dunnarts. Flat-topped mesas and sandstone ranges form a pleasing backdrop to the park's grassland plains and river flats. The park is important to Traditional Owners, the Koa people, and also contains reminders of the area's pastoral history.

At the original homestead complex, learn about the early days of station life and the park's plants and animals. Camping is permitted at Bough Shed Hole beside Surprise Creek, where birdlife is prolific. Camping fees apply. Visit Scrammy Gorge for impressive views. Take the Route of the River Gums drive and visit the stony Top Crossing, once used by horse-drawn wagons. Out there, the night skies are amazing - go stargazing!

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