Out here around the billabongs and under star-studded night skies, bush history slides up close to you, telling tales of bushrangers, shearers, stockmen and drovers. Be inspired by the Australian outback and the stories of the people who shaped our nation.

Many are given tribute at the famous Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre in Longreach. You might also meet some modern day stockmen, holding massive land holding that average 8000 hectares, raising thousands of head of cattle and growing high quality wool. It is still a land of wide-open plains, jagged escarpments and mighty rivers.

Longreach is also known as the birthplace of Qantas and home to the Qantas Founders Museum where you can tour a fully equipped 747 jumbo jet and see for yourself that the ‘black box’ flight recorder is not black at all (it’s orange!). The children will love climbing down into the computer bay and siting in the pilot’s seat. Step outside onto the wing on a Wing Walking Tour or board a Boeing 707, Qantas’s first jet aircraft.

There are options to take just one tour or take them all. The sky’s the limit.

Getting there:

Longreach is located 1200km north-west of Brisbane and accessed by road, rail and air.

By train:

Spirit of the Outback departs Longreach and Brisbane twice weekly. You can combine your rail journey onboard Spirit of the Outback with packages such as Longreach Lookabout and Legendary Longreach & Winton to include local tours of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and the Qantas Founders Museum. For more information, click pn the 'Get There By Rail' icon.

Further information:

Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach Airport, Sir Hudson Fysh Drive, Longreach

Ph 07 4658 3737

Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame

Ph 07 4658 2166

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