North West Region
Travel Times
Mount Isa to Cloncurry 1 Hour 20 mins
Mount Isa to Richmond 4 Hours 20 mins
Mount Isa to Hughenden 5 Hours 30 mins
Mount Isa to Longreach (by air) 1 Hour 15 mins
Weather
Average Temperature 31.9º C
Average Rainfall 213 mm
About North West Region
Pack your hard-hat and sense of adventure – just four hours’ drive west of Townsville, Outback Queensland’s north west region begins.
It’s packed with dinosaur fossils, jaw-dropping scenery and mining history that will lead you deep underground.
Ancient history is the only kind served around here, from Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park where you can walk amongst 25-million-year-old World Heritage-listed sites at Riversleigh, to ancient underwater marine reptiles in Richmond, or the fossil collections in Hughenden.
No two days are the same in these parts: and in the north west a sense of adventure is the only packing essential.
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What To Do
Meanwhile in the #outbackqueensland North West Region
🌳 Did you know that Roma's largest bottle tree has an incredible girth of 9.51 metres, a height of 6 metres and a crown of 20 metres? 🌳 The tree was transplanted by the local council to its present location from a local property in 1927! 😮 #OutbackQueensland photo by @wandering_aus
Dec 14 Roma, Queensland
☀️🍾 Is there any other better way to finish the day in Outback Queensland? Who wishes they were here right now? 😍 #OutbackQueensland photo by @troyboy00
Love exploring? This is north west Queensland's only railway tunnel 🚂 Take your 4WD to find the abandoned town of Hightville and Wee MacGregory Mine 🚙 between #MountIsa and #Cloncurry 📍🗺️Hightville was established in 1913 to support the nearby mine, the mine closed in 1920, bringing the demise of the small town. Nearby you'll also find local favourites, Fountain Springs and Rigby Falls 💦 #OutbackQueensland photo by @sara_jane_xoxo
Dec 12 Wee Macgregor Mines
📍🗺️ Situated in the remote north-west highlands of Queensland, Boodjamulla National Park encompasses Lawn Hill Gorge and the Riversleigh World Heritage Area 🌴🌏 What's our favourite way to experience the true magic of this national park? By canoe along the emerald green waters of the park's canoe trail! 💦🛶#OutbackQueensland photo by @seanscottphotography
Dec 10 Boodjamulla National Park
☀️ Chasing sunsets? Here's one of our favourites along the Warrego Way 👉 Baldy Top Lookout ✨😍 You'll find it just outside of #Quilpie 🙌 #OutbackQueensland photo by @visitquilpieshire
Dec 10 Baldy Top Quilpie Queensland
