Famous "Dig Tree"

Queensland Outback
Pic: Carved by Burke & Wills - 1860

The Queensland Outback is a vast and remote region extending west from the Great Dividing Range to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders. Several main highways cross through this area and major towns include Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Hughenden, Winton, Longreach, Charleville, Roma, St George, Goondiwindi, Cunnamulla and Birdsville as well as many smaller settlements. Parts of the Outback are spectacular and quite beautiful. Channel Country occupies the south west of this region with the Diamantina, Georgina and Hamilton Rivers usually dry except after the Wet Season when floodwaters extend into SA’s Lake Eyre.

Queensland Outback - Other Towns:

Augathella, Dirranbandi 

Visitor Information Centres: 19 Marion St, Mount Isa. Tel (07) 4749 1555 or 1300 659 660; Matilda Hwy, Charleville. Tel (07) 4654 3057; Qantas Park, Eagle St, Longreach. Tel (07) 4658 3555.