ACCOMMODATION CAMOOLA QLD

Friendly country hospitality. Clean, comfortable, quiet units, all ground floor. Situated on walking track to Hall of Fame and into town. Wide undercover car parking, family units, free AUSTAR, free Wireless Internet, direct dial phones with data ports, remote T.V., reverse cycle air-con, clock radio, guests BBQ & laundry, saltwater pool, meals delivered to rooms. Breakfasts from 6 am til 8am. Fax and photocopying available. Tourist info. on Day Tours etc. Lots of things to see and do. Pets O.K. by prior arrangement.

The Albert Park Motor Inn is one of the finest quality establishments in western Queensland with 56 spacious rooms, the Oasis Restaurant and Bar, resort style pool complex and a modern Conference and Function Centre. The Albert Park is located close to the main attractions of Longreach, and is near the airport on the main western highway from the east. The Albert Park Motor Inn has extensive landscaped grounds with abundant local fauna and flora. The property is proud to be home to native green frogs, geckos, goannas, emus, kangaroos, birds and lizards. They are all very friendly! As the headquarters of the western region, visitors can move out from their Longreach base to enjoy the attractions of Barcaldine, Winton, Ilfracombe as well as the Herbert Ranges and a proliferation of native wildlife including kangaroos, wallabies, brolgas, bustards, goats, emus, goannas and a wide range of birdlife....

Why stay out of town, when you can stay right in town? Small family owned motel, where we provide personal service, and care about our customers. The Longreach Motel is the most conveniently located motel in Longreach, within 300 metres of all banks, Post Office, Supermarket, Cinema, Restaurants and shops. The Longreach Motel is located 300 metres South of the Post Office, in the main street. The Longreach Motel is only 150 metres from the Bus Depot. All units are ground floor, and have covered parking in front of the unit. Free wireless internet is also available.

Welcome to the Longreach Motor Inn and Harry's Restaurant, they are located across the road from the Longreach Railway Station and 200 metres from downtown Longreach. There you will have a convenient base for exploring Longreach and its hero attractions including Australian Stockman?s Hall of Fame and Qantas Founders Museum. They have different room types to suit every ones needs. All rooms include new superior Queen or King Bedding guaranteeing a restful sleep. The Longreach Motor Inn is home to the award-winning Harry?s a la carte restaurant, open Monday to Saturday from 5.30pm. Their friendly knowledgeable reception team will be delighted to book local tours, Thomson River cruises and attraction passes on your behalf or provide helpful local tourism information. They look forward to welcoming you....

The team at the Jumbuck Motel is looking forward to welcoming you to Longreach! They have a great restaurant and clean, comfortable, affordable air-conditioned rooms with flat screen television and complimentary Foxtel, a swimming pool and barbecue area with outdoor seating. The Jumbuck Motel is a short 10 minute stroll along the native walking track from both the iconic Qantas Founders Museum and The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame. They are happy to book your tours and help create an itinerary for your stay that will ensure you see the best Longreach has to offer. Keep an eye out for the kangaroos, brolgas and sometimes even emus that regularly visit their front lawn area. With 36 rooms, they are able to cater for small and large groups for tours, conferences and events. Their barbecue area is huge, their restaurant is inviting and their chef is amazing. Late check-ins, family rooms and room service are all available too....

Coopers on Cassowary offers modern cottage accommodation in the heart of Longreach, Queensland. Fully self-contained three bedroom cottage, accommodating up to five people, with one master queen room, one twin room and one single room. For your exclusive use whether one or five people stay. The spacious cottage has an open plan kitchen/living area, laundry, split system air conditioning, bbq, outdoor dining areas and fully fenced shady back garden. Coopers on Cassowary caters for the discerning family, visitor or business traveller. Centrally located close to the Longreach central business district. For your exclusive use.

Welcome to Kinnon and Co. Outback Lodges, comfortable self contained accommodation perfect for business, leisure and families. Ideally located next door to Longreach's iconic attractions. Outback Lodges offer quiet, leafy surrounds with beautiful gardens and modern facilities. Accommodation range from Standard, Deluxe to Superior Lodges. All Lodges are appointed with air-conditioning, television, dining table and full kitchen facilities. All towels and linen supplied. Parking to your door. Lodges are non-serviced but a service can be requested at a fee. For bookings 7 days or longer a weekly service is provided free of charge. Facilities include covered communal area, pool, barbecues, laundry and luggage storage area.

Explore Outback Queensland and beyond with Outback Aussie Tours, a multi-award winning touring company and Savannah Guides accredited operator. Let them take you on a journey to discover the natural and cultural heritage to favoured Outback places of Longreach, Winton, Birdsville, Corner Country, Gulf Savannah, Cape York and Torres Strait. Come and experience the unique brand of hospitality, local knowledge and absolute connection with this land - their home - and its people. The legends of Australia's Outback are brought alive by the guides' storytelling and interpretation. Engage and share the stories of unforgettable characters; meet the families on sheep and cattle stations; enjoy exclusive dining experiences; travel on private bush tracks through stunning country. Guests stay in comfortable motels throughout and travel in fully air-conditioned, custom-built vehicles designed to meet Outback conditions. All tours conveniently connect with rail or air transfers and their team will be there to greet you when you arrive. With over 27 years experience operating in the region, Outback Aussie Tours must be your first choice for Outback touring and charters. Come and experience the Outback with a local specialist and turn our stories into your next adventure....

Longreach itself is the quintessential outback metropolis and a tribute to life on the land. See pastoralists wandering the streets in search of saddlery, stock feed and machinery in the large range of stores selling rural items. The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame is a tribute to these country folk past and present. Its diverse and enormous collection of memorabilia and informative displays deserve at least a few hours of attention, if not a full day. Just across the road is the Qantas Founders Museum, which commemorates the founders of this great Australian company that grew to become internationally recognised as a leader in world aviation. Tour a number of decommissioned jets, including a Boeing 707, which was the very first passenger jet owned by Qantas. Nearby is the Longreach School of Distance Education, which provides an education to students on remote pastoral properties up to 1000 kilometres away via satellite internet. Daily tours through this uniquely Australian educational facility are available. While in Longreach, make sure you hop aboard a Cobb & Co. stagecoach for a town tour or book a cruise along the mighty Thomson River, some of which are on historic paddle steamers and include a camp oven meal, bush poetry recitation and a sound and light show honouring the infamous bushranger, Captain Starlight. Discover one of Longreach's best kept secrets at the Powerhouse Museum. Unearth even more local history with exhibits that include the powerhouse generating equipment, displays of social and commercial history, agricultural and road building machinery and the 1921 swimming baths. ...

The Drovers and Pioneers Trail includes a mix of sealed and unsealed roads therefore a Four Wheel Drive vehicle is recommended. Begin your journey in Mount Isa city in Queensland's vast North West Outback then follow the Diamantina Development Road through spectacular outback scenery en route to Boulia, capital of the Channel Country. Turn right onto the unsealed Urandangie North Road and follow the 'unusual' signs to the remote township of Urangangie, once an important centre for travellers and drovers on the Georgina and other stock routes. Take time to explore nearby waterholes on the Georgina, ideal for fishing and bird watching before following the unsealed South Road loop to Boulia with its rich grazing heritage, pioneering stories and the mysterious Min Min Light. ...

This is Queensland?s channel country, where flooding rains and devastating droughts are part of western Queensland life. Lochern has 20 kilometres of Thomson River frontage, fringed with huge old coolibahs. All four species of Mitchell grass grow here. A newly described subspecies of turtle, Emmott?s short-necked turtle, lives in the park?s waterholes. Remnants of European history reflect the innovative nature of early farming life. Take binoculars to see Major Mitchell cockatoos, red-tailed black-cockatoos and Bourke parrots. Observe wildlife around waterholes and along the 40 kilometre Habitat Drive. Go fishing (size and bag limits apply). Camp at Broadwater Waterhole, camping fees apply, and relax in the shade of the coolibah trees. See the shepherds? yards....

Qantas Founders Museum is an independent not-for-profit community organisation and registered charity, operating since 1996, to commemorate the ethos and preserve the material heritage of the founders and early operations of Qantas Airways Ltd. Today, they are a world-class museum and cultural display, eloquently telling the story of the founding of Qantas through interpretive displays, interactive exhibits, replica aircraft and an impressive collection of genuine artefacts. The collection incorporates four of the world's most significant airliners - the Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying Boat, Douglas DC3, Boeing 707 and the legendary Boeing 747. In addition, they have full scale replicas of some of the most important aircraft in the early Qantas fleet - DeHaviland DH-61 Giant Moth, DeHaviland DH-50, and Avro 504k Dyak; Qantas' first ever aircraft. Aircraft tours are also available at an additional cost including the Jet Tour of Boeing 747 and Boeing 707, a Wing Walk of the 747 (minimum age 12yrs) or a once in a lifetime experience of the Platinum tour which includes a tour of the 747 & 707, 747 & 707 Wing Walk , complimentary 6x9 photo & $9.95 meal voucher. Bookings are essential for all tours. There is a F35 flight simulator available....

Kinnon and Co's award-winning outback tours and experiences immerse you in the pioneering spirit of the outback in uniquely entertaining ways. Based in Longreach, the Kinnon family share their world and take you to the heart of the heritage, culture, and landscape that make outback Queensland so special. You'll be thrilled when you board the stagecoach for Australia's only Cobb and Co gallop along part of an old mail route. Or cruise the splendid Thomson River from sunset to starlight in a historic paddlewheeler followed by stockman's dinner by the campfire. There's nothing quite like the Harry Redford Old Time Tent Show with its mix of mayhem, animal antics and crazy humour. And you must visit historic Nogo Station - a working sheep and cattle station where you can see a champion shearer at work and enjoy what is possibly the best home-baked 'smoko' in the west! If dinosaurs are your thing, there's a Kinnon and Co day tour to Winton too visiting the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum. Whichever of the experiences you choose, you feel you are sharing a real outback experience with genuine outback people who live and breathe the region's past, present and future....

The Longreach Campus of the Australian Agricultural College, established in 1967, is the largest and longest established provider of practical agricultural and vocational training in Queensland. The Longreach Campus of the Australian Agricultural College is dedicated to excellence through quality training and development of practical people for the rural and associated industries. Areas of interest include rural business management, mechanics and welding, building construction, sheep and wool, goat production, cattle and horses, and station activities. Guided tours of the College are available from April to October. Visitors can walk around the College's extensive facilities and observe students at work in a practical rural environment. Air-conditioned seminar rooms and a state-of-the-art auditorium are available for conferences and meetings. Motel style accommodation and catering services are also available on campus for the convenience of meeting and conference groups....

Experience the best of the diverse Queensland outback in this fully sealed drive that is suitable for most vehicles. Keep you eyes peeled for native animals, vibrant wildflowers, colourful characters and historic architecture. This nine day Central Queensland Outback Drive follows the Tropic of Capricorn west from Rockhampton, the beef capital of Australia. It takes you through Emerald and Barcaldine and the Sapphire Gemfields, to the central Queensland hub of Longreach and Springsure in Queensland's outback. Return to the coast and Rockhampton via the magnificent Carnarvon Gorge National Park. ...

Mitchell grass plains and gidgee woodlands are protected in this remote park in the Torrens Creek catchment in central-western Queensland. Forest Den National Park's semi-permanent waterholes along Torrens and Paradise Creeks provide a refuge for travellers and wildlife alike. This 5890 hectare park conserves a wide diversity of plants, some unique to this reserve within the region. Although used as grazing land for more than 100 years, little remains of this era apart from a few pastoral relics?fences, gateways and a derelict round timber bridge over Torrens Creek. Enjoy birdwatching in the cooler hours of dusk and dawn. Whistling kites, brown falcons, and waterbirds including white ibis, royal spoonbills, darters, Pacific herons, egrets and rufus-throated honeyeaters nest by the waterholes. Picnic on the banks of Torrens Creek or camp at Four Mile Waterhole. No facilities are provided. Camping fees apply. ...

Follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs across and ancient inland seabed and experience the rugged beauty of some of the most dramatically changing landscape in Australia when you embark on this fascinating drive through Queensland's north west outback. Fully sealed roads lead you from the largest inland city and mining heart of Australia, Mount Isa, on a round circuit through tiny unique towns where you'll hear the bush legends of yesteryear and meet the colourful characters that live and work here today. They'll greet you with a warm g'day and send you on the trail of dinosaurs where you can fossick for your very own valuable fossils. While this drive can be conquered in a two-wheel-drive vehicle, some of the detours and side trips may be better suited to a four-wheel-drive. Whatever vehicle you're travelling in, be sure to check the road conditions before you head off on this adventure of a lifetime. ...

Meet the Walker family and visit their property that hosted the Queen and Prince Phillip as you experience a sheep and cattle station very close to the town of Longreach. Walk through the historical Homestead Gardens, Shearing Shed, Cattle Yards and have lunch at the newly famous Artesian bore, 7 days a week. Live the Australian story at Camden Park Station. Bookings are essential....

The Longreach Powerhouse Museum is the largest preserved rural generating facility in Australia. Displays in this building explain how electricity was generated, maintained and distributed throughout the Shire, and the distribution network maintained. Other exhibits in the museum grounds include: social history building with displays of early Longreach history; Longreach Swimming Baths; Nogo Cottage (depicting family life in the west from 1935 to 1955); various displays of agriculture and road maintenance machinery; and a collection of commercial office equipment circa 1908 - 1950 from local business houses. The Museum forms an interesting experience for the whole family....

Begin your journey in Longreach in Queensland's heartland then follow the scenic back roads to Winton via Lochern National Park, Stonehenge and Jundah. Follow the Lochern Habitat Drive and explore the 20 kilometres of Thomson River frontage. Take a Four Wheel Drive adventure on the John Egan Pioneer Drive and discover magnificent landscapes sculptured by nature over millions of years. Breathe in the expansive views from Swanvale Lookout on the majestic Johnston Range. In Jundah, follow the Settlers Nature Drive along the Thomson River, a great spot to boil the billy, have a picnic or throw in a line. Discover the world's only recorded Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry Conservation Park where you can view up to 3300 footprints left over 95 million years ago by a herd of over 300 dinosaurs. This drive includes a mix of sealed and unsealed roads therefore a Four Wheel Drive vehicle is recommended....

Longreach School of Distance Education (LSODE), or Longreach School of the Air, acts as the heartbeat of education for almost 200 students spread throughout Central West Queensland and beyond. LSODE caters for the education of isolated students in an area 402,712 square kilometres. They invite you along to experience a 'totally different' way of schooling, to walk in the footsteps of a student or teacher at the LSODE. The classroom and the playground are twice the size of Victoria! Guided tours are offered twice daily at 9.00am and 10.30am, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays and during the Christmas holidays). Bookings are necessary for large groups. Depending on class times visitors may be able to observe and listen to an on-air lesson during the tour. The staff at the school are proud in the knowledge that they are nurturing bright, young and industrious rural Australians. As the LSODE motto indicates "Effort Conquers Distance!"...

Stockmen, shearers and spectacular sunsets are part and parcel of the Outback and you will find it all in the Longreach Region. From aviation and outback pioneers to prehistoric crocodiles the thriving Longreach region in the heart of Queensland has something for every traveller. Soak up a stunning sunset on the Thomson River, or trace Major Mitchell's footsteps along the Outer Barcoo. Hear the stories of Australia's stockman and pioneers and learn how Qantas was born in the Outback. Take a tour of a working cattle station or step back in time in a Cobb & Co Coach, walk the 'Ilfracombe Machinery Mile' or discover Australia's first crocodile at Isisford. Quiet retreat or action-packed outback adventure, the Longreach region experience is what you want it to be. When planning your visit allow yourself plenty of time to enjoy the many wonderful highlights the region has to offer. Contact the helpful staff at the Longreach Visitor Information Centre, or at the branch offices in Ilfracombe and Isisford, and they will help you in planning an unforgettable trip. ...