The Longreach region
Longreach is often described as the heart of the famous Queensland outback. With a population of about 4 500 people, Longreach is Queensland’s largest outback town. The remote and flat landscape is home to a wide array of wildlife including kangaroos and emus.
Longreach is surrounded by vast sheep and cattle stations, which thrive on the Mitchell Grass Plains. With 1 million sheep and an abundance of cattle, the area is one of Australia’s major wool growing and cattle breeding areas. Meat goats, aquaculture, tourism, bush tucker, cottage crafts, and organically grown beef are just some of the industries thriving in Longreach and surrounding districts.
Longreach is renowned as the home of the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Other attractions in and around Longreach include:
- the Qantas Founders’ Outback Museum
- the Longreach School of Distance Education
- Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton
- Lark Quarry dinosaur tracks west of Winton
- Ilfracombe Folk Museum
- property tours.
The town of Longreach has facilities including:
- a cinema, library
- arts and cultural centre
- a large choice of public bars, restaurants and coffee shops
- sporting facilities.
Longreach is linked to other major centres by daily flights and regular bus and rail services.
This page was last updated 1 July 2005
