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Heritage Trail Wyandra Wyandra The Heritage Trail book is available from the Visitor Information Centre in Cunnamulla and Charleville or from the Gladstone Hotel in Wyandra. The heritage trail is a tribute to the early architectural styles and building materials of early pioneers.

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

Lizard Lounge Eulo The Eulo Lizard Lounge is a picnic area on the eastern entrance to Eulo. It is designed to represent the frilled neck lizard.

Charlotte Plains Station Cunnamulla Charlotte Plains is offering an authentic outback experience, exploring 70,000 acres of a working sheep and cattle station. Charlotte Plains is 54 kilometres east of Cunnamulla on the Adventure Way.

Charleville Heritage Trail Charleville Charleville Heritage Trail is a self guided trail that details a short ramble through the Business Centre of Charleville whilst showcasing the buildings of historical significance. Maps are available from the Charleville Visitor Information Centre.

Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame Longreach Discover the history behind some of Australia's bravest and most intrepid explorers - the stockmen and Aborigines of early pioneering Australia at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame.

Kronosaurus Korner Richmond Richmond is home to the Award winning Kronosaurus Korner. Inside Kronosaurus Korner you will find the only centre in Australia primarily dedicated to displaying marine reptiles, as well as a very special dinosaur.

Isis Downs Shearing Shed Isisford The Isis Downs Shearing Shed is the largest shearing shed in Australia. It consists of 52 shearing stands and is equipped with a rectangular sheep yard complex which, in its day, could hold 30,000 sheep at full capacity.

Birdsville Cemetery Birdsville Visitors are welcome to take a stroll around the historic cemetery in Birdsville, situated in Adelaide Street.

Moorrinya National Park Hughenden In the heart of the Desert Uplands, Moorrinya National Park protects 18 land types in the Lake Eyre Basin, one of Australia's most important catchments. This remote park has dry, flat plains criss-crossed by watercourses and covered in open eucalypt, paperbark...

Carcory Homestead Ruins Bedourie Listed by the National Trust, the Carcory Homestead Ruins are an example of the rich history of the Diamantina. The building was built in the 1870s from local limestone.

Heritage Trail Eulo Eulo The Heritage Trail Eulo helps you build the picture of the wild days of Eulo when a policeman was as requested because 'the riff raff from New South Wales were coming over the border' and the Eulo Queen reigned supreme....

Longreach School of Distance Education Longreach The Longreach School of Distance Education is one of the largest classrooms in the world, providing education to the children of rural Australia. The Parents and Citizens Association conducts tours of the centre giving visitors the opportunity to experience the School...

Corfield and Fitzmaurice Building Winton When you walk inside the heritage listed Corfield and Fitzmaurice building in the main street of Winton you are geographically close to where the fossilized bones of Australia's biggest dinosaurs were discovered and beyond the doorway awaits one of the...

Cunnamulla Fella Cunnamulla The Cunnamulla Fella is a song written by Stan Coster and sung by Slim Dusty. He is an iconic Australian Bush character.

Lizard Race Track Eulo The Paroo Lizard Race Track is in Eulo (67 kilometres west of Cunnamulla) and was the home of the Cunnamulla Eulo World Lizard Races. The track is guarded by a 20-foot frill neck lizard fashioned from wire.

Myendetta Homestead Outback Experiences Charleville Steeped in nearly a century of family history Myendetta Homestead is one of the essential outback experiences. In 1908 Charles Francis commissioned Robin Dods, a talented Brisbane architect, to design a homestead that was both beautiful and functional.

Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways Winton The Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways is the best example of dinosaur tracks in the world. They depict the world’s only recorded evidence of a Dinosaur Stampede.

Allan Tannock Weir Cunnamulla The Allan Tannock Weir is situated on the Warrego River five kilometres south of Cunnamulla. There is a picnic area with wood fuel barbecue, swimming and fishing are permitted one hundred metres from the Weir Wall.

Burke and Wills Tree Birdsville The Burke and Wills Tree at Birdsville was marked as part of the Burke and Wills expedition in the 1800s. Local history records that this Coolibah Tree, on the banks of the Diamantina River bears the marking BW-C76 1860.

Cosmos Centre and Observatory Charleville 'Wow', 'I Had No Idea', 'This Is Amazing', 'Just Shows How Little We Know'.

Historic Coolabah Tree Hughenden The Historic Coolabah Tree is situated past the causeway on the right as you head to the Hughenden Showgrounds.

Leahy Historical House Thargomindah Leahy House was built post 1885 when a deed of grant was made to the Thargomindah Newspaper Company. The house is built of local mud brick and was owned by Sir Sydney Kidman in the early 1900's.

Longreach Powerhouse Museum Longreach The Longreach Powerhouse Museum showcases a unique blend of technical and local history within the Longreach Shire.

J.C. Ruins Windorah John Costello was empowered by John Collin and Son of Melbourne to secure land for the Collins family. It was during one of these early exploring trips that John stopped here and carved his initials (or was it J.C.

Jack Brown Lions Park Richmond When travelling the Overlanders Way, between Townsville and Mount Isa, the Jack Brown Lions Park at Richmond presents itself as a halfway stopover with a difference. Beautiful shade trees and lush green lawns make it the ideal break for travellers.

Frontier Australia Inland Mission Hospital Birdsville The Frontier Australia Inland Mission Hospital began as the Australia Inland Mission setting up a hospital in 1923 in the former Royal Hotel.

Charleville School of Distance Education Charleville The Charleville School of Distance Education (incorporating Charleville School of the Air) was established in 1966 in conjunction with the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) Base.

Lake Bindegolly National Park Thargomindah Lake Bindegolly National Park is a remote but accessible park on the edge of Queensland’s channel country.

Morven Historical Museum Morven The Morven Historical Museum comprises of five separate buildings: Building One has a delightful collection of memorabilia from the early days of European Settlement when the district pioneers were "taming the wild outback country".

Ilfracombe Historical Society Incorporation Ilfracombe A wonderful display of machinery, some of it very rare and almost all collected within 100 miles of the town, can be seen at The Ilfracombe Historical Society Incorporation.

Burke and Wills Dig Tree Thargomindah The Burke and Wills "Dig Tree" is one of Australia's National icons and an enduring reminder of the pioneering spirit and extreme harshness of the outback at any time.

Graham Andrews Parklands Charleville The Graham Andrews Parklands are an Outback oasis.

Australian Workers Heritage Centre Barcaldine Located in the iconic outback Queensland town of Barcaldine, the Australian Workers Heritage Centre is the custodian of the rich heritage, history and traditions of all working Australians. Opened in 1991 and described by many as the unsung wonder of the...

Hydro Power Plant Thargomindah The Hydro Power Plant is the first in Australia and third in the World! In 1891 drilling commenced on a bore to supply the town with water and in 1893 an exceptionally good supply was struck at 795 metres (2650...

Between the Bougainvilleas Heritage Trail Barcaldine Between the Bougainvilleas is an award winning heritage trail, which showcases some of Barcaldine’s varied and colourful history. Maroon signs featuring a windmill logo have been placed at significant historical sites around Barcaldine.

Ernest Henry Mine Cloncurry Ernest Henry Mine is named after the father of Cloncurry, Ernest Henry, who explored the district in 1866 with Roger Sheaffe.

Charleville Self-Drive Itineraries Charleville The Charleville Visitor Information Centre has produced a series of self-drive itineraries that are designed to ‘get you outback’.

Combo Conservation Park Kynuna Combo Conservation Park protects a string of semi-permanent waterholes along the Diamantina River in Queensland’s outback. They are said to have been the poet A B (Banjo) Paterson's inspiration for Waltzing Matilda, Australia's most popular folk song.

Currawinya National Park Hungerford In Currawinya National Park, waterbirds and migratory shorebirds are drawn in their thousands to globally important wetlands - but the area has another special significance: the Bilby Fence.

Kaleidoscope Opal Yowah Kaleidoscope Opal is a private fossicking area 200 metres from the town of Yowah.

Dr Arratta Memorial Museum Muttaburra After closure of the Muttaburra Hospital in 1974 the building was converted to a historical hospital display and general museum. The operating theatre dates back to 1933 and is equipped.

Australias Dinosaur Trail Winton Follow in the footsteps of the prehistoric creatures that once roamed this ancient land.

Destructo Monument Eulo This is a monument to a cockroach called 'Destructo'. In the 1980 in a state of origin battle 'Destructo' the New South Wales cockroach challenges the World Lizard Racing Champion 'Wooden Head' to a race.

Fossil Fossicking Sites Richmond Fossicking for marine fossils is one of the most popular activities for visitors to Richmond. Stop at the Kronosaurus Korner Visitor Information Centre and pick up a guide to Richmond's public fossicking sites located near town.

Banjos Outback Theatre and Woolshed Longreach Banjo's Outback Theatre shows you the life, drama and laughter of the outback's legendary Pioneering Days - with great characters like Sid Kidman, the Eulo Queen, Harry Redford, Big Jack Howe, Boss Drovers and Bold Bushrangers.

Maranoa Art Gallery Mitchell The Maranoa Art Gallery is housed in the beautifully transformed old Maranoa Picture Theatre and is the cultural hub of Mitchell.

Lochern National Park Longreach This is Queensland’s channel country, where flooding rains and devastating droughts are part of western Queensland life. All four species of Mitchell grass grow here.

Heritage Trail Cunnamulla 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.

Chudleigh Park Gem Fields Hughenden Gem quality peridot occurs on the property of Chudleigh Park, approximately 155 kilometres north of Hughenden. Gemstones were first worked in the area in the 1920s.