Outback Queensland
Forget the Opera House, this outback festival is the real deal
Once a year, this unpretentious Queensland town plays host to global opera superstars.
- Katrina Lobley
The Australian site that inspired a famous scene in Jurassic Park
A lot has changed in outback Queensland over 95 million years. So it’s astounding how much evidence of that time remains.
- Angela Saurine
Three new heritage train trips let you explore the outback in comfort
Two restored 2000-class trains built in 1971 offer excursions through outback Queensland.
- Tim Richards
How a stunning outback gorge stayed hidden for centuries
The history of Cobbold Gorge sounds like a tall tale – a 30-metre deep outback gorge escaping detection to all but the traditional owners until 1992.
- Andrew Bain
Inside the notorious outback bar that inspired a Chili Peppers song
Animal Bar, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, has a storied past and a mean reputation.
- Melissa Mason
The secret outback base where the US hid one of its top weapons
Despite playing host to 3500 US airmen and hiding a device used in the bombing of Hiroshima, Charleville barely registers a blip on Australia’s wartime radar.
- Catherine Best
Australia's largest dinosaur discovered: How to join fossil digs with Eromanga Natural History Museum
Guests can help dig (and scrape) for Australia's largest dinosaurs and mega-fauna in outback Queensland.
- Craig Tansley
Best outback pubs tour: The ultimate bush pub crawl by plane
What if you could travel across the outback visiting pubs along the way and be back at work in a week?
Birdsville, outback Queensland: One of Australia's most remote towns revitalised
It's one of the most remote towns in the world – yet travellers to Birdsville are discovering there's a whole new shine to the Queensland outback icon.
- Sue Williams
Why Rex's Milk Run flight from Brisbane to Mt Isa beats a 'flight to nowhere'
You can fly from Sydney to Tokyo in the same time it takes to do a 'Milk Run' flight with seven tiny-town pitstops.
- Steve Madgwick