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Brisbane to Adelaide Adv y BRIS ent aE BANE TureWAID O ADEL . u w . o The Adventure Way c w . d e turewa … onnect k … s the co tbac ast to the real ou 108 14km 161 17 189 124 83 151 179 292 197 291 110 215 128 163 y a w 90 469 a t e G l a r ROADS u R Sealed Unsealed 338 The Adventure Way takes you from Brisbane to Adelaide via Queensland’s richest 300 grain and cotton producing area surrounding Dalby, through Brigalow and Belah belts to the outback plains where mulga lines the road and eventually gives way to a treeless gibber landscape at the Queensland / South Australia border. From Innamincka, follow the historic Strzelecki Track to the Flinders Ranges and finally to Adelaide. 511 The rewards of the journey are many. Discover the magnificent landscape, the 308 native flora and fauna, the rich history of our early pioneers, and the Spirit of Adventure inside us all. Top Activities • Visiting Public Parks and • Exploring Historic Buildings • Birdwatching Gardens • Attending Local Events • Fishing and Yabbying • Visiting National Parks and and Festivities • Camel Races Nature Reserves • Heritage and Nature Walks • 4 Wheel Drive Tracks • Visiting Museums and Art • Bushwalking • Canoeing and Boating Galleries • Natural Discovery • Dining • Visiting Historic Hotels • Fossicking • Shopping 1077 km 330 km 197 km 291 km 292 km 83 km 128 km 2 21/3/07, 8:48 AM AdelaideAdventure Way A4 Flyer Innamincka Thargomindah Cunnamulla St George Dalby Toowoomba Brisbane Adventure Way A4 Flyer 2 21/3/07, 8:48 AM Meandarra ANZAC Russell Park, Bunya Mountains Red Sand Hill, Epsilon Station Memorial Museum Balonne River, St George Top Attractions • Cobb & Co Museum, Toowoomba • Riversands Winery, St George • DownSteam Tourist Railway & Museum, • Thrushton National Park Toowoomba • Bollon Koala Habitat • The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba • Nullawokka Aboriginal Guided Heritage • Japanese Gardens, Toowoomba Walks, Bollon Japanese Gardens, Toowoomba • Newtown Park State Rose Garden • Cunnamulla Fella Statue • Picnic Point, Toowoomba • Cunnamulla Fella Centre, Art Gallery, • Dalby Regional Art Gallery Museum & Artesian Time Tunnel • Thomas Jack Park, Dalby • Palm Grove Date Farm & Mud Baths • Lake Broadwater Conservation Park • Eulo Mud Springs • Jimbour House • Yowah & Blackgate Opal Fossicking • Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum • Currawinya National Park Hydro Power Plant Display, • Monty’s Garage Vintage Car Museum, • Lake Bindegolly ThargomindahThargomindah Glenmorgan • Thargomindah Hydro Power Plant Display • End of the Line, Glenmorgan (Historic • Leahy House Railway Siding) • Old Thargomindah Hospital & Visitor • Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan Information Centre • Moonie Murals, Moonie Crossroads Motel • Noccundra Hotel • Moonie History Panels, Moonie Rural • Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Nappa Merrie Transaction Centre Station • Unique Egg, St George • Innamincka Jimbour House, Jimbour TOOWOOMBA ST GEORGE Toowoomba Visitor Balonne Shire Visitor Information Centre Information Centre Tel: 1800 33 11 55 Tel: 07 4620 8877 Fax: 07 4639 3942 Fax: 07 4625 4998 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] DALBY CUNNAMULLA Dalby Tourist Cunnamulla Fella Information Centre Centre Tel: 07 4662 1066 Tel: 07 4655 8470 Fax: 07 4662 2067 Fax: 07 4655 1120 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] MOONIE THARGOMINDAH Moonie Rural Thargomindah Visitor Transaction Centre Information Centre Tel: 07 4665 0189 Tel: 07 4655 3399 Fax: 07 4665 0164 Fax: 07 4655 3374 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] WEBSITES Drive Queensland queenslandholidays.com.au/drive-queensland Tourism Queensland tq.com.au Outback Queensland Tourism adventureoutback.com.au Queensland’s Western Downs westerndownsholidays.info Toowoomba & the Darling Downs darlingdownsholidays.info Cunnamulla Fella, Cunnamulla 128 km 83 km 292 km 291 km 197 km 330 km 1077 km Brisbane Toowoomba Dalby St George Cunnamulla Thargomindah Innamincka Adelaide Adventure Way A4 Flyer 2 21/3/07, 8:48 AM.
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