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Enjoy wide open spaces and big skies in Outback Queensland, where you can follow in the tracks of dinosaurs, meet larger-than-life outback characters, cheer on a field of racing camels and sleep under a blanket of stars.

2019 marks 'The Year of Outback Tourism' making it the perfect time to visit and experience Australia’s best live events in Queensland. Click here for the guide. 


Birdsville Races

Birdsville's busiest week of the year happens the first Friday and Saturday in September. Visitors take over this tiny outback town from all parts of Australia and the world for the Annual Birdsville Racing Carnival. 


Winton's Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival

Head to Winton a.k.a ‘Hollywood in the Outback’  to meet the actors, directors and producers behind some of your favourite Aussie films and at night, enjoy their talents on the big screen at the open-air theatre at the Vision Splendid Film Festival.

Check out The Outback Queensland calendar of events below for more inspiration.


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Bedourie Handle Bars and Horns Bull Ride

Bedourie, Diamantina Area
23 November 2019
Join the adrenalin pumping action of two extreme sports - riding bikes and riding bulls - at the inaugural Bedourie event. Perch yourself ringside for the live action of fearless men/women verse beasts with great prize money up for grabs.

Outback Paddle Regatta

Longreach, Longreach Area
20 – 21 September 2019
The Outback Paddle Regatta (OPR) was born from this immense pride for the outback and aims to promote and celebrate water sporting at Longreach by engaging with and encouraging more people to visit the outback and revel in its famous hospitality.

Betoota Races

Diamantina Area
30 – 31 August 2019
Witness the ghost town of Betoota come to life with holiday goers and Outback folk to celebrate the region’s signature event – The Betoota Races – and kicking off the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival. Firstly, chuck on your dancing shoes on Friday night for an outback bush dance followed by backing a winner in one of the six horse race meets the next day.

Australia Day Celebrations Windorah

Windorah, Barcoo Area
Free Entry
26 January 2020
Barcoo Shire Council's annual Australia Day Awards and Celebrations will be held at Windorah Community Centre. Commencing at 6pm, there will be a barbecue, indoor bowls and a Jumping Castle for the kids and bingo.

Markets at Club Boutique Hotel

Cunnamulla, Paroo Area
Free Entry
Weekly from 24 August 2019
Weekend markets are the best way to spend a lazy Saturday in Cunnamulla. Find food, homemade cakes and slices, art, clothing and jewellery stalls, homemade jams and chutneys, local photography, craft beer tasting, wine tasting.

One Giant Leap for Mankind

Charleville, Murweh Area
18 – 20 July 2020
July 20 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the first man to walk on the moon. At the Charleville Cosmos Centre they are all about space, night skies and the Cosmos, what better place to celebrate the anniversary each year and enjoy other events taking place at the Charleville Cosmos Centre and Observatory.

Ewan Races

Charters Towers, Charters Towers Area
26 – 27 September 2019
The Ewan Races honour the true spirit of country racing, by conducting its annual two-day race meeting, on the banks of Stockyard Creek, Charters Towers in North Queensland. With its on track facilities, EATC is proud to offer two days of first class, professional country racing with a prize pool of over AUD100,000, making it one of the richest country meetings on the racing calendar.

Hughenden Country Music Festival

Hughenden, Flinders Area
From AU$10 - 10
26 – 28 June 2020
The Hughenden Country Music Festival is 27 consecutive years of very entertaining music in a modern air conditioned building in the town of Hughenden only a few minutes from a hotel, bank, chemist, doctor and post office.

Bedourie Campdraft, Rodeo, Gymkhana

Bedourie, Diamantina Area
3 – 4 July 2020
Perched on a sand dune and surrounded by Eyre Creek, soak up all the action and speed of the country’s best horse, bike and bull riders in Bedourie. A township home to 120 locals and is appropriately named to reference a ‘dust storm’, stand ringside with hundreds, who flock to appreciate precision, agility and tight teamwork at it’s very best.

Birdsville Races

Birdsville, Diamantina Area
From AU$30 - 600
6 September 2019
Dubbed as the Melbourne Cup of the Outback, crowds of 6,000 racegoers converge on Birdsville each year to enjoy two day of quality outback racing and entertainment. The second race meet in the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, the 13 race program features horses from all over Australia competing for the coveted Birdsville Cup.
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