Queensland Tourist Region
The World War II Historical Site is at the Gunpowder Rest Stop on the highway between Mount Isa and Camooweal, with historical information about the road and its significance in the war and overnight free camping. The road between Mount Isa and Camooweal was built as part of the inland defence road system as an … Read more
The Big Deck Chair is in the open-air Royal Theatre in Winton, one of 2 remaining open-air theatres of its type remaining in Australia. The other is in Broome. Not long celebrated 100 years, the Royal Theatre was first established in 1918. The theatre is open as a museum you can wander through from the … Read more
Lark Quarry is the location for the world’s only known example of a dinosaur stampede, with fossilised footprints from around 150 dinosaurs. It is also commonly known as Dinosaur Stampede or Lark Quarry. The footprints were found by a station manager in the 1960s. In the 1970s, scientists visited looking for Cretaceous fossils and was … Read more
The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum is located a few kilometres out of Winton in Outback Queensland and is the largest collection of Australia’s biggest dinosaur fossils. The museum is part of Australia’s Dinosaur Trail, a series of attractions spread over three towns – Winton, Richmond, and Hughenden. Winton’s attractions include the Dinosaur Stampede National … Read more
Waltzing Matilda Centre is a tribute to the unofficial Australian anthem by Banjo Patterson, and is also the Tourist Information Centre for Winton. The famous bush song ‘Waltzing Matilda’ is thought to be inspired by the suicide of a shearer in 1894 at Combo Waterhole, about 150km north-west of Winton. Waltzing Matilda is composed from … Read more
The QANTAS Museum in Longreach Outback Queensland is a popular stop for many travellers. QANTAS was formed two years after World War I in 1920 with the partnership of fighter pilots Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness during the last 3 months of the war. They were an effective team and both awarded the Distinguished Flying … Read more
On the outskirts of Barcaldine, Lagoon Creek is a popular walking and bird watching spot with two kilometres of walking tracks along the lagoon and through native vegetation. Lagoon Creek has an important part of the history of Barcaldine, the location of the shearers’ strike camp just out of town. This location isn’t where the … Read more
An unassuming ghost gum tree growing in the main street of Barcaldine in 1886, earned its fame as the founding of a political movement now known as the Australian Labor Party. Under the shade of the tree, located at the front of the railway station, the Central Queensland Carriers Union was formed in 1887. Around … Read more
Mount Scoria is a mountain that was a basalt plug of a small volcano. The cooling process created angular columns with between five to eight sides. The shapes started as cracks in a similar fashion cracks form in dry mud. The cracks grew deeper as the lava below cooled to form the columns. Mount Scoria is known … Read more
This Side of the Black Stump is used to convey an perceived eastern border in Australia for where civilisation is contained. To go further is to be Beyond the Black Stump , and into the remote outback of Australia. The origin of the expression, and the Black Stump itself, is contested for a few towns. As … Read more