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1. 9TO BIRDSVILLE
essential stops
ON YOUR DRIVE

2. 10 Here's a serving
suggestion of what
to cover on your
big trip from
Brisbane to
Birdsville

3. #1 Chinchilla
#startrails
Search for Chinchilla Red
(petrified wood)
Melon Festival > February
each year
MELON CAPITAL FOSSICK OUTDOORS
Fish, bush walk & camp under
the stars

4. #2 Roma
#picnicraces
Roma Saleyards on
Tuesday and Thursday.
Roma Picnic Races
Roma Cup
Easter in the Country.
HORSE FOR
COURSES
GET MOOVING PUBS TO TRY
Roma Court House
Maloney's Inn

5. #3 Mitchell
#horsewalksintoaba
r
Great Artesian Spa &
sunset on the
Maranoa River.
Our famous bush ranger
is remembered through the
town with their Ned Kelly bins.
NED KELLY SPA LIFE BAR FOLK
Check out the Court House
Hotel to see a local horse
tap a bell on the bar for a
slurp of rum.

6. #4 Charleville
#bilbytown
Meet a bilby from
April to October
Royal Flying Doctors
BIG THINGS BEGIN BILBY STAR GAZE
The Cosmos Centre after dark
has an amazing display of
stars and other galactic
awesomness

8. #5 Quilpie
#endoftheline
Climb Baldy Top Lookout
Fish & picnic at
Lake Houdraman.
Fossick for opals
or buy local jewels.
OPAL OUTDOORS FLORA-FUL
Wildflowers & bottle
brush in Autumn.

9. #6 Coopers Creek
#sunsetspectacular
See pioneer Burke's
face carved into a tree.
Set yourself up for a
sunset show on the
bank of Coopers
Creek.
SUN SET DIG TREE FISH
Try your luck to catch
golden perch, catfish
and or yabbies.

10. #7 Windorah
#solarqueen
Windorah's solar farm
is super pretty at sunset.
Windorah holds the
International Yabby
Races in the first
week of September
every year.
YABBY RACES SUNNY SIDE UP MOTHER NATURE
Take the 12km scenic
nature route past
where 2 rivers meet
to make a creek.

11. #8 Birdsville
#birdistheword
Wash down a Camel Pie
with a cold beer at the
Birdsville Hotel & do as
the locals do and crush your
can on the ground
Two streets, a bakery,
a pub & a race course.
The Birdsville Races
happens the first week
in September!
BUCKET LIST! CRUSH IT BIG RED
Walk or 4WD over
the 40 meter high
sand dunes

12. #birdsvilleraces

13. Where to stay
in Birdsville

14. What to see
in Birdsville

15. Birdsville
after dark

16. Birdsville
Races
dress-up

17. Must try:
CurryCamelPie

18. #9 Thargomindah
#thargo
Explore deserts,
gibber & flood plains &
stay on a cattle station
1st hydro-electric
system driven by
artesian water
pressure
WATER POWERED ADVENTURE CHARACTERS
Meet bush characters
Mayor John Tractor
Ferguson or '
Dogga' Dare

19. BRISBANE TO BIRDSVILLE
4WD ADVENTURE
ITINERARY
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