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Drive Tourism The Muttaburrasaurus Byway — Travelling Safely History Barcaldine to Longreach via Aramac and One of the best ways to get around the Muttaburra. Only selected major roads and highways Many early expeditions made important Sunmap Regional Map outback is to follow a themed highway are sealed in the outback. Check with the discoveries such as the presence of gold route. These also include routes from the The Channel Country Byway — RACQ as to local road conditions, and other minerals, rivers and grazing east coast out to Charleville, Barcaldine, Longreach to Boulia via Jundah, especially in the wet season. lands. Others ended in tragedy. as well as the Ancient Outback tour Windorah, Birdsville and Bedourie. Department of Natural Resources and Mines Outback summers are hot but much less Head Office: itinery from Mount Isa. Other outback Leichhardt Cnr Main & Vulture Sts, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Marine Fossil Byway — Winton to humid than on the coast. Storms and Locked Bag 40, Coorparoo Delivery Centre, Qld. 4151 themed routes are listed below. Dr Ludwig Leichhardt led a successful Richmond. minor flooding in the wetter summer Ph (07) 3896 3216, Fax (07) 3896 3510 For more detailed information visit: expedition from the Darling Downs to months can cause delays in travel, part of www.driveqld.com.au Dinosaur Way — Hughenden to Winton. Port Essington in the Northern Territory For all your regional and recreational map needs, Sunmap products are the adventure of the outback. available from Departmental service centres, distributors and selected Outback Way - from Winton travelling Min Min Byway — Winton to Mount Isa in 1844. His second expedition to Large vehicles, such as road trains must retailers throughout Queensland or the Queensland Government west to towards Alice Springs via the via Boulia. outback Queensland in 1846 was Bookshop at: www.publications.qld.gov.au be approached with caution. Pull over Plenty Highway. For those wanting to abandoned when most of the party Swagmans Byway — Winton to Kynuna and allow the vehicle to pass. To view the complete range of products and services, visit our home get off the beaten track. became ill. He set out again in 1848, but via Combo Waterhole. disappeared without a trace. page at: www.nrm.qld.gov.au Stock and wild animals often roam freely Matilda Highway — a fully sealed The Kenniff Byway — Augathella to on the roadside — slow down whenever network of highways and major roads Burke and Wills Mitchell via Morven. they are seen. linking the New South Wales border Burke and Wills led one of Australia’s south of Cunnamulla, north to Karumba The Wilderness Way — the Tambo end of Mobile phones will not work in the more most famous expeditions which set out in the Gulf of Carpentaria. the Dawson Developmental Road. remote regions. Two-way (CB) radios or in August 1860 to cross the continent satellite phones should be carried for The Overlander’s Way — from Townsville from south to north. A depot was By Rail emergency use. established at Cooper Creek, and Burke Weipa west to Tennant Creek in the Northern Road Distances from Brisbane For those seeking Traveltrain holidays, and Wills, with King and Gray, Charleville – 747km Territory, via Hughenden, Richmond, Adequate water, fuel, spares, first aid kit three major train services reach the continued north, reaching the Gulf of Longreach – 1 181km Cloncurrry, Mount Isa and Camooweal. and tools should also be carried in your outback from the east coast. The Mt Isa – 1 828km vehicle. Always inform local police in Carpentaria on February 11, 1861. Then The Adventure Way — Dalby to Westlander travels from Brisbane via advance of your travel plans when in they set out on a desperate return Innaminka (South Australia) via Mareeba Cairns Toowoomba and Roma to Charleville. journey to find that the backup party Atherton remote regions. If you break down or Innisfail Cunnamulla. The Spirit of the Outback travels from (after waiting a month longer than Burketown become stranded, stay with your vehicle. Brisbane to Longreach via Rockhampton, Georgetown Outback Great Inland Way — Via Charters Towers It will be easier for rescuers to locate you instructed), had left the Cooper Creek Townsville Emerald and Barcaldine, with a Motorail depot on the morning of the day they Ayr Queensland south to Emerald, Roma, Dirranbandi and quickly, if necessary. Charters Towers service. The Inlander travels from arrived. N.T. Mount Cloncurry Hughenden into New South Wales. Isa Townsville to Mount Isa via Charters Many outback towns have vehicle Mackay Instructions left on the “dig tree” led Moranbah Towers, Hughenden and Cloncurry. washdown facilities. For locations, visit: Boulia Winton them to buried provisions, but with no As well as the above routes and the Bookings are essential and can be made www.nrm.qld.gov.au/pests/weeds/weed_ Longreach Emerald Rockhampton hope of catching up with the backup Queensland Heritage Trails Network with through Queensland Rail or travel agents. spread/washdown/. Blackall Biloela party, their fate was sealed. Gray died Tambo Bundaberg its attractions, there are many other local on the return journey, Wills died on June Birdsville tourist routes to explore. For information 29 and Burke on July 1. Only King, Charleville Roma Miles Nambour on those listed below, contact the local befriended by aborigines, survived. BRISBANE Toowoomba tourist information centre. Thargomindah Cunnamulla Gold S.A. Goondiwindi Coast The Opal Byway — Charleville to the Mitchell, Gregory and Landsborough N.S.W. Adventure Way via Quilpie, Toompine to were other explorers who left their mark Yowah. in the outback. Sir Thomas Mitchell discovered the Barcoo River during his The Outer Barcoo Byway — Blackall to 1845–46 expedition, Sir Augustus Longreach via Isisford and Ilfracombe. Gregory explored further west into Sturt Produced and published by Land Information and Titles Stony Desert and William Landsborough Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water explored the area around Winton and Queensland Government ISBN 1 7417 2260 8 traced the Diamantina River to its source. Edition 6, September 2006 The Attractions of QUEENSLAND Approach road trains with caution when driving Photography courtesy of the Outback Tourism Queensland By following the Queensland Heritage Waltzing Matilda Centre Map 5 Sunmap Queensland Series Cover photograph: Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton 9 311662 085269 Trails Network, it is easy to explore the The Waltzing Matilda Centre is the only featuring displays and Edition 6, September 2006 colourful and inspiring history of the centre in the world dedicated to the exhibitions in recreated outback. The network links together the national verse. Winton is the home of historical precincts. Learn Welcome to — following authentic heritage attractions Waltzing Matilda, which some say is about the Great Shearers’ Charleville and Mount Isa. Both these with contempory and historic local themes. Australia’s unofficial national anthem. Strike and the birth of the centres also have their own museums Flora Australian labour and visitor facilities. The lack of water and its unpredictable movement beneath the arrival is a critical factor determining the Outback Queensland Tree of Knowledge. Schools of Distance Education life in the arid and semi-arid areas. Native Formerly known as ‘Schools of the Air’, Lark Quarry Dinosaur plants and animals have adapted over a Queensland’s outback gives you the First impressions are often of a dry, these operate out of Charleville, Longreach Trackways long period to cope with extremes in opportunity to follow the footsteps of inhospitable landscape, however after and Mount Isa. They provide education This is believed to be the climate in the outback. early pioneers, see the legends of visiting the bush communities and for pupils up to grade 10 in remote areas world’s only known Travelling toward the west, the vegetation Waltzing Matilda, and find the origins of meeting its colourful characters, you will throughout the region by means of Qantas and Australian aviation. find the outback transforms into one of fossilised evidence of a changes gradually. Plant species change Marine fossil museum, Richmond internet, telephone or HF radio. the most hospitable experiences you will dinosaur stampede. Set in and height decreases — tall trees become spectacular outback country south-west Stretching from the New South Wales ever have. Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond shrubs. Coolibah and river red gums line border north to the Gulf Country and of Winton, Lark Quarry has a visitors the watercourses and waterholes It is easy to plan your travel within the Centred around the 4.25 metre Richmond out to the State’s western borders, the interpretive centre and walking trails. throughout the area. These form trailing outback. The outback is divided into Pliosaur vertebrate fossil, this modern Queensland outback is truly awe- patterns across the land which are easily three major tourist regions: the South Charleville Cosmos Centre display centre also contains a world- Precious Water inspiring. seen from the air. Vast expanses of other West, the Central West and the North An astronomical observatory has been renowned display of over 200 marine The Great Artesian Basin acacias, gidgee and mulga, dominate the The timeless landscape of the vast West, each with its unique natural and established at Charleville Airport to fossil exhibits and the best-preserved This huge underground reservoir covers southern and central areas. The shrub cater for the increasing interest in the dinosaur skeleton in Australia. Queensland outback offers amazing cultural heritage for you to explore. Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach more than a million square kilometres. outback’s clear, unpolluted skies. Four layer of these areas is comprised mainly of natural diversity in what some describe Many tours are available from the major There are many other attractions The first bore was drilled at Blackall in Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame telescopes provide visitors with views turkey bush, casssia and saltbush.
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