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The Adventure Way

Your journey from Brisbane to Adelaide along the Adventure Way is just that – an adventure.

It will take you through lush agricultural country in the Lockyer Valley up the escarpment and into the vibrant garden city that is Toowoomba – a city that celebrates its history with pride.

Toowoomba offers fine dining, art galleries, shopping, and theatre as well as heritage trails, Cobb and Co museum, military museum, a tombstone trail and dozens of fine examples of architecture dating back to our pioneer past.

Leaving Toowoomba we head west through Oakey – home of the “museum of Australian Army Flying”- a must see attraction before continuing on to Jondaryan where you will enjoy Australia’s only open air working museum – The Jondaryan Woolshed.

At Dalby stop off at the visitor information centre in Thomas Jack Park – their friendly staff will send you off with enough information to fill in a couple of days  exploring this rich and diverse city.

Moonie – site of Australia’s first commercial oil field is also known for its beautiful murals depicting the town’s history. Stop off at the Rural Transaction Centre and take in the Moonie Heritage Trail.

Travel through Westmar and on to the beautiful town of St. George on the banks of the Balonne River. Scenic walks, fishing and bird watching are popular pastimes; as are visits to The Unique Egg (Emu egg carvings), The Heritage Centre and Aboriginal Bush Tucker Garden and Jack Taylor Weir. No visit to St. George would be complete without “knocking a coldie off” at the famous Nindigully Pub (45kms south) or treating yourself to a coffee or enjoying some award winning wines or liqueurs at Queensland’s most western winery – Riversands Vineyards. Better leave yourself a couple of days to get through St. George.

From St. George (there) head west through Bollon where you can enjoy an Aboriginal Cultural tour or visit the Heritage and Craft Centre before arriving at another gem of Western Queensland – Cunnamulla.

Stop off at the Cunnamulla Fella Centre and they will send you on your way with enough information and stories to keep you entertained for days. You will see the Artesian Time Tunnel, Art gallery and museum; enjoy the Warrego river walk, bushlands and town harvest trail before continuing on to Eulo for a therapeutic mud bath and spa.

Visit Palm Grove Date Farm and winery, take in the town’s history at the Eulo Queen Hotel and enjoy some R & R fishing or camping by the Paroo River.

At Yowah you might partake in some opal fossicking or 9 holes of golf on a course with a difference – sand greens and earth fairways.

Take a break at the well serviced town of Thargomindah and enjoy some of its many attractions.

Tour Australia’s first Hydro Electric Scheme, historical buildings, walking trails, throw in a line or simply relax by the Bulloo River.

Further afield, take in the historic Noccundra Hotel, the beautiful Lake Bindegolly National Park or Cameron Corner, where all borders of Qld, SA and NSW meet.

On the way to Innamincka, stop off at Nappa Merrie Station and take in Burke and Wills famous “Dig Tree” on the Cooper Creek – also well known for its fishing.

The remote outpost settlement of Innamincka lies on the stock route now known as the Strzelecki Track and within the Innamincka Regional Reserve.

Take in an authentic outback pub experience, the towns interesting indigenous and pastoral heritage and visit the Trading Post.

Leaving Innamincka, you travel south along the Strzelecki track to Lyndhurst then through the stunning Flinders Rangers towns of Leigh Creek, Hawker and Quorn, all worthy of a stopover to experience the beauty of this area before continuing on to Adelaide.

The Adventure Way is a journey you cannot rush – there is just too much to see; a true Outback Adventure that will change you forever!

 

August 19 2011