Things to Do in The Outback

Things to see and do in The Outback, The Outback highlights, The Outback activities and attractions, and points of interest in The Outback - the ALL NEW Jasons The Outback Things to Do Guide is your complete guide to sightseeing in The Outback.

Historical Attractions

• At Mt Isa – The Outback @ Isa Explorers Park, housing the award-winning Riversleigh Fossil Interpretive Centre, which showcases World Heritage-listed fossil deposits found on Riversleigh Station, 250km north of Mount Isa; the Frank Aston Underground Museum, 65m underground (open daily 10am-3pm).
• At Winton – The Waltzing Matilda Centre, incorporating the Outback Regional Art Gallery and the Qantilda Museum. Interactive displays exploring the Spirit of the Australian Character, the lifestyle of Winton and the birth of Qantas.
• At Camooweal – Barkly Tableland Heritage Centre (c1895), two corrugated iron buildings housing the historic functioning Feckleton’s General Store, a museum, and a first-class information centre;
• At Richmond – the Richmond Marine Fossil Museum featuring Australia’s best-preserved vertebrate fossil, the Richmond pliosaur, Mimi, believed to be one of two of the most complete of its type in the world.

Cultural Attractions

• Australia’s largest rodeo, the Mount Isa Rodeo, held in August each year.

Natural Wonders

• The National Heritage-Listed Boulder Trackways, the world’s only recorded dinosaur stampede with over 5000 footprints, located at Lark Quarry Environmental Park, 111km southwest of Winton on the Jundah Road.
• Camooweal Caves National Park (8km south), an intricate subterranean network of dolomite caves with 500-million-year-old sinkholes; Lawn Hill National Park, a lush oasis 280km north on the Burketown road, and home to the Riversleigh Station fossil site.
• At Charleville – Historic House Museum in the 1880 Queensland National Bank Building., Charleville Cosmos Observatory, The Royal Flying Doctor Service base and the School of the Air.
• At Cloncurry – Mary Kathleen Park and Museum located on the outskirts of town. The museum is housed in a relocated civic building from the abandoned uranium mining town, and has relics of the Burke and Wills expedition and Australia’s most extensive mineral exhibition with more than 18,000 items on display.
• Einasleigh and the Copperfield Gorge, 117km from Georgetown via Forsayth – camping facilities and pub accommodation available.
• Tallaroo Hot Springs – camping facilities, swimming pool and guided tours available.
• Undara Lava Tubes 130km east of Georgetown in the Undara Volcanic National Park, formed 190,000 years ago by a volcanic eruption. Tourist complex with campground and overnight accommodation in restored railway carriages. Guided tours of tubes and surrounding countryside available.
• Cobbold Gorge, 75km south of Georgetown – all-year swimming, rugged cliffs and abundant wildlife. Cabins and campgrounds with all facilities. Guided tours available.

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