Outback Queensland

Outback Queensland is the inner west desert expanse of Queensland.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mount Isa and Longreach.

Mount Isa

Mount Isa is a mining city in the north-west of the Australian state of Queensland, situated some 900 km west of Townsville and some 1900 km north-west of the capital Brisbane.

Longreach

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Longreach is a visitor-friendly town in Central Outback Queensland. Longreach is a popular outback destination for many travelers, particularly those doing road trips around Australia.

Winton is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Winton in Central West Queensland, Australia. It is 177 kilometres northwest of Longreach. The main industries of the area are sheep and cattle raising.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Boodjamulla National Park and Cloncurry.

Boodjamulla National Park

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Boodjamulla National Park is in Outback Queensland, in the westernmost part of the state. It is home to the Riversleigh fossil site, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Naracoorte Caves National Park in South Australia.

Cloncurry

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Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. known by locals as The Curry. Cloncurry is the administrative center of the Shire of Cloncurry.

Charleville

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Charleville is a town in South Western Queensland. It is part of Murweh Shire. With many things to see and do why would you go past this great little outback town. Charleville has a range of accommodation and attractions.

Birdsville

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Birdsville is a remote town in outback Queensland, right on the edge of the Simpson Desert. It has a population of around 300, but a steady stream of visitors heading outback or returning from the desert.

Bedourie

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Bedourie is a small town in the outback region of Queensland, Australia with a population of 122. The name Bedourie means dust storm.

Blackall

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Blackall is an Outback town of about 1,200 people in Central West Queensland, about 960 km from Brisbane. The city lays claim to the origin of the Australian expression "beyond the black stump", referring to remote or uncivilised parts of the country.

Thargomindah

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Thargomindah is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. The town of Thargomindah is the administrative centre for the Shire of Bulloo.

Munga-Thirri National Park

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Munga-Thirri National Park is a large national park in Queensland. Located in Outback Queensland, the park borders Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park across the South Australian border.

Currawinya National Park

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Currawinya is a national park near Hungerford in South West Queensland, Australia, 828 km west of Brisbane. Part of the mulga lands bioregion this is an area of dry sandy plain with small trees and shrubs. The Paroo River passes through the park.

Cunnamulla

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Cunnamulla is a town of 1,500 people in south-western Queensland. It is the largest town and civic centre of the Paroo Shire. The Warrego River flows through the centre of the town.

Yowah

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Yowah is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.

Porcupine Gorge National Park

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Porcupine Gorge National Park is a national park in Porcupine, Shire of Flinders in North West Queensland, Australia, 1,174 km northwest of Brisbane and 60 km north of Hughenden.

Wyandra

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Wyandra is a small town of 78 in the southwest corner of Outback Queensland. Wyandra doesn't have much going for it, but it is a stopover town between Cunnamulla near the NSW border and Charleville, a regional centre.

Eulo

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Eulo is a small town in South Western Queensland. The town centre is a few kilometres from the Paroo River, and it is the second largest town in Paroo Shire after Cunnamulla.

Hungerford

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Hungerford is a town in southwestern Queensland. It is very much on the trail of Henry Lawson, who wrote about the town. Only one pub remains, the Royal Mail, which also is a bit of a general store, as long as you are not too fussy about what produce you may wish to buy on a particular day.

Cooladdi

Cooladdi is a ghost town in southwest Outback Queensland. Once a busy rail town with 270 people, today all that remain are three residents, three buildings and the grave of a small child.