QUILPIE MEGA MOMENTS

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Amplify your Outback Adventure

Accessible Service for All

As you roll into town, be sure to call into the award-winning Quilpie Visitor Information Centre. Now with fully accessible facilities and a parents’ room, more visitors can enjoy what’s on offer at the Quilpie Visitor Information Centre. Enjoy a free cuppa in the courtyard, then explore the onsite Art Gallery and Museum. Opal lovers can buy local opal products at the Visitor Information Centre and learn the story of the Boulder Opal. Then, head out the back to the undercover picnic seating or explore the Military History Museum and Railway History Museum.

Mega Moments Screening Nightly

Whether you prefer the big sky or the big screen, Quilpie puts on a great show. The Quilpeta Night Show is presented on a massive outdoor screen behind the Visitor Information Centre; kick back in outdoor lounge chairs on an expansive green space. Pre-show nibbles and drinks are included. But, if you prefer your shows to be screened on the endless Outback sky, then drive the short distance to Baldy Top Lookout. A 10-minute easy climb to the summit will pay huge dividends with sensational 360-degree views …. incredibly beautiful at sunset. Be sure to pack sunset nibbles too!

Now that’s a Dinosaur!

A sealed drive of around 106km west will take you to Eromanga. Dubbed the furthest town from the sea, Eromanga is actually closer than you think. A mere 95 million years ago, the mega of all Australian dinosaurs roamed this region and the Eromanga Natural History Museum has the fossilised remains to prove it. Join the one hour Australian Dinosaurs Tour to learn the story of one of the largest remaining sauropod groups in the Cretaceous Period. With more time, the whole family can learn how to prepare fossils as part of their Family Fossil Preparation program. Plus, there’s some amazing megafauna fossils to view.

Calling Adventure Seekers…

Whether your version of adventure is chatting to a local publican in an authentic Outback pub, exploring a national park, staying on an Outback station or taking a soak in an artesian spa… Quilpie has the goods! Take a drive to the historic Toompine Hotel for a fabulous country-style lunch. Or, 4WD adventurers will relish the chance to discover nearby Hell Hole Gorge. Be sure to take time out for a relaxing soak in an artesian spa (Channel Country Caravan Park) or quirky bathhouse overlooking the spectacular Lake Houdraman (The Lake Quilpie).

QUILPIE Population: 595 QUILPIE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE, MUSEUM & GALLERY

51 Brolga Street, Quilpie P 07 4656 0540 E tourism@quilpie.qld.gov.au visitquilpieshire.com

Top Tips

▶ Indulge in an Elegant Emu High Tea

▶ See the opal altar at St Finbarr’s

▶ Try your luck at opal fossicking

▶ Stroll the Bulloo River Walk

▶ Catch a yellowbelly

▶ Cook up freshly caught yabbies over the campfire

▶ Take a dip in Lake Houdraman

▶ Explore local birdlife habitats

▶ Visit Lyn Barnes Art Gallery

▶ Gather around the campfire at The Lake Quilpie

▶ Visit the iconic ‘pub with no town’ at Toompine

▶ 4WD in Hell Hole Gorge National Park

▶ See the dinosaurs at Eromanga National History Museum

▶ Join in on a local event

▶ Visit Rick’s Memorial atop a spectacular Jump Up