37 Gray Street, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
The Basalt Byways are two four wheel drive tracks winding between the landscapes north of Hughenden. These tracks take you on a journey through some amazing country featuring rolling landscapes of basalt walls and deep valleys. Basalt rock is typically the first lava to issue from a volcano bringing us back to our dinosaur days.
The area has a large diversity of soils and nature, boasting some ...
37 Gray Street, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
The Flinders Discovery Centre in Hughenden houses a skeletal life-size replica of the Muttaburrasaurus Langdoni, a dinosaur fossil display including local fossils, and gemstones and fossils from around the world. Other displays include the Porcupine Gorge Light and Sound Show, telling the story of the formation of the gorge over 500 million years, a bioregion exhibition, historical memorabilia and ...
Stansfield Street, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
The Historic Coolabah Tree is situated past the causeway on the right as you head to the Hughenden Showgrounds. It is of immense historical importance as it is linked to two relief expeditions searching for the Burke and Wills Expedition. Both expeditions blazed the tree on the banks of what is now Station Creek.
In 1861 Fredrick Walker led a team from Rockhampton to the Gulf searching in vain ...
Aramac Road, Hughenden, Queensland 4816, Australia
In the heart of the Desert Uplands, Moorrinya National Park protects 18 land types in the Lake Eyre Basin, one of Australia's most important catchments.
This remote park has dry, flat plains criss-crossed by watercourses and covered in open eucalypt, paperbark and acacia woodlands and grasslands. Moorrinya is a wildlife refuge, protecting Australian icons such as kangaroos, koalas, emus and din ...
Emu Plains Road, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
In Porcupine Gorge National Park, towering sandstone cliffs and lush vine-forest fringing Porcupine Creek provide a striking contrast with surrounding flat plains. This impressive canyon reveals layers of sedimentary rocks spanning millions of years. The gorge is a great place for viewing wildlife, especially birds. Take a 2.4 kilometre walk along a track to the base of the gorge. Listen for the c ...
Porcupine Gorge National Park, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
Starting from the Pyramid campground, the gradually descending Pyramid track leads to the bottom of the gorge. Here the flat, rocky base of the gorge provides a natural pathway down- or upstream. Permanent deep pools along the creek are lined with she-oaks, bottlebrush and paperbarks. In this wider section of the gorge, the eroding action of the creek has also created the Pyramid, an isolated mono ...
Flinders Highway, Hughenden, Queensland 4821, Australia
White sandstone bluffs and gorges characterise the rugged wilderness area of White Mountains National Park. Varied plant communities are protected here, including lancewood forests, spinifex grasslands, open woodlands and sandy dunes. The park is home to the spectacled hare-wallaby and eastern pebble-mound mouse. Bushwalking in this remote area allows you to discover the park's many different plan ...
