Pack your hard-hat and sense of adventure – just four hours’ drive west of
Townsville, Outback Queensland’s North West region, known as Flinders Shire, begins. Dinosaur fossils, jaw-dropping scenery and the mining magnate of
Mount Isa awaits.
Up for a challenge
Join an underground Mount Isa mines tour or keep the sky in sight at
Lake Moondarra,
fishing for barramundi. Put on your Akubra and best boots, and buckle up for the
biggest rodeo in the southern hemisphere in Mount Isa. Battle the gruelling
Julia Creek triathlon at the annual 'Dirt n Dust Festival' and learn about the endangered
McKinlay dunnart, found only in the Mitchell Grass Downs.
Ancient beauty