Outback Queensland
Outback town in lockdown after students bring toxic metal to school
A novel show-and-tell item found at the local tip has effectively frozen daily life in the Queensland town while emergency crews race to contain any contamination.
- Robyn Wuth
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He once turned up to the opera in rugby shorts. Now he’s singing on the world’s biggest stages
Tongan-New Zealand tenor Filipe Manu cut his hair after he became an opera star. But he kept his tatts.
- Nick Dent
Forget the Opera House, this outback festival is the real deal
Once a year, this unpretentious Queensland town plays host to global opera superstars.
- Katrina Lobley
The Australian site that inspired a famous scene in Jurassic Park
A lot has changed in outback Queensland over 95 million years. So it’s astounding how much evidence of that time remains.
- Angela Saurine
Three new heritage train trips let you explore the outback in comfort
Two restored 2000-class trains built in 1971 offer excursions through outback Queensland.
- Tim Richards
Australia’s wild west: Why are so many horrors set in the outback?
From The Royal Hotel to Long Weekend, the Australian bush has long been a go-to setting for horrors and thrillers, but what is it about this vast landscape that’s so scary?
- Nell Geraets
How a stunning outback gorge stayed hidden for centuries
The history of Cobbold Gorge sounds like a tall tale – a 30-metre deep outback gorge escaping detection to all but the traditional owners until 1992.
- Andrew Bain
Inside the notorious outback bar that inspired a Chili Peppers song
Animal Bar, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, has a storied past and a mean reputation.
- Melissa Mason
The secret outback base where the US hid one of its top weapons
Despite playing host to 3500 US airmen and hiding a device used in the bombing of Hiroshima, Charleville barely registers a blip on Australia’s wartime radar.
- Catherine Best
Australia's largest dinosaur discovered: How to join fossil digs with Eromanga Natural History Museum
Guests can help dig (and scrape) for Australia's largest dinosaurs and mega-fauna in outback Queensland.
- Craig Tansley