Discover the best things to do in Longreach and Outback Queensland, from the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame and Qantas Founders Museum to stagecoach adventures, sunset cruises and memorable day trips.
Experience the galleries, the Stockman's Live Show and Cinematic Experience
Experience the captivating journey of aviation history at the Qantas Founders Museum. Step back in time and explore the birthplace of the
world-renowned airline Qantas, in this remarkable museum.
Clamber aboard the old stagecoach, just as a pioneer would have done, while the team of horses wait patiently. Then it’s off with creaks and
rattles to the old Longreach-Windorah mail route. There you’ll travel along the bush track, before a short gallop to ‘outrun the storm’.
This is the only place in Australia you can gallop in a stagecoach!
The experience also includes a delicious outback smoko (morning tea), a classic bush movie in the old theatrette and the Old Time Tent Show:
Today you can experience the legend of Starlight and the wonder of Jumpup Country by climbing Starlight’s Lookout. Be rewarded with
fantastic views and sensational sunset photo opportunities.
Suitable footwear and a reasonable fitness is required.
Longreach, Captain Starlight’s lookout is a 20- minute hike from the bottom and on a clear day provides unrivalled views over the town.
Getting there is a little tricky, the roads are unsealed and usually off limits during wet season – so it’s 4WDs only. But the trek is well worth it, and the sunburnt country puts on a show with wild horses, pigs, emus and kangaroos entering the stage below while you watch from your front row seat.
Whether you’re looking for relaxation or adventure, there’s plenty to keep you entertained.
Just under a 3 hour drive from Longreach, Winton is Australia's Dinosaur Capital, amongst panoramic views of
rolling outback plains. It's home to Australia's largest dinosaur fossil collection and Southern Hemisphere's most productive fossil
preparation laboratory.For a town of less than a thousand people, Winton has played an outsized role in Australian life as it is also
where ‘Waltzing Matilda’ was first performed,
https://www.australianageofdinosaurs.com/
Photo sourced from the Australian Age of Dinosaurs
20 minutes drive from Longreach is the Wellshot Hotel at Ilfracombe. Get a "bum photo" or hang out in the "old farts
corner"!!
Originally the Wethersfield Hotel near Anakie, the hotel made a number of moves back in the 19th century as it followed the railway west. The hotel came to Ifracombe in 1890 and was renamed Wellshot!
Make the Longreach Caravan Park your base for exploring Longreach and Outback Queensland. We offer affordable cabins, a three bedroom cottage, powered caravan sites and unpowered sites within an easy walking distance of Longreach town centre.
