brisbane to mt isa

Which way are you planning on going

Hi Robyn and John,

We travelled through inland parts of Qld last winter and have written a series of blogs about where we went and what we saw. One of the blogs is here and you can navigate from there to see the rest of them. There are some wonderful places and great camp spots out there, just check on road conditions closer to your departure time, especially if it is wet over the next couple of months.

Cheers,

Val

There is still lots of road works repairing flood damaged roads on the Warrego highway. Be prepared to stop numerous times for up to 15-20mins between Oakey and Mitchell.

Cheers Kev

G'day Robin & John
The Landsborough is "The Matilda Highway".
They have done a fair bit of promoting it as a tourist route. I had a tourist magazine that gave a step by step guide to the Matilda Highway. It was pretty good & gave a description of points of interest all along the route. There were markers at the points as well
You could start looking herehttp://www.heritage trails.qld.gov.au/attractions/

Good luck with it
Fatso

Travelled the route many many times over the years, most towns have something of interest but the best towns are Ilfracombe, Longreach, Winton and Cloncurry.

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If you are after a good free camp, there is a weir just west of Mitchell , and another beauty just south of barcauldine. Kynuna has a great pub, as does Ilfracombe. There are interesting places all the way, just depends what you re in to, the tree of knowledge, combo waterhole, dinosaurs etc. The price of diesel isn t that much different to brissy until you re further west than Blackall.

For your last leg Winton to Mt Isa, go via Boulia. I found this stretch of outback fascinating and it really left a lasting impression on my first western trip years ago. We did it again last year and I still feel the same. The Middleton pub is an interesting whistle stop as well.

Good luck