Must-see hotels in Outback Queensland

  • Red Earth Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    The boutique Red Earth is undoubtedly Mt Isa's top address (unless you want a pool), with period-style furniture, claw-foot baths and uniformed staff. It…

  • Salt Bush Retreat

    Outback Queensland

    The comfortable self-contained lodges here are excellent value – a step up from the town's motels – and the fabulous timber slab huts and homestead…

  • Cottage on Cork

    Outback Queensland

    One of the best places to stay anywhere out west in Queensland, Cottages on Cork has four cottages, ranging from one to three bedrooms, with plans for…

  • North Gregory Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    This historic art-deco beauty has plenty of stories and is the pick of the town's pubs for accommodation in pub-style or en-suite rooms. The lobby is like…

  • Evening Star

    Outback Queensland

    This welcoming station property, one of the few station-stays left in outback Queensland, is only 8km northwest of Charleville but feels a world away…

  • Moble Homestead

    Outback Queensland

    Now here's something special. Brian and Kylie Rutledge have opened their gorgeous property to visitors, with a small range of rooms, huts and cottages,…

  • Gidgee Inn

    Outback Queensland

    Constructed of rammed red earth, the Gidgee Inn is Cloncurry's most upmarket accommodation, with reasonably plush and comfortable rooms for these parts, a…

  • Lake Quilpie

    Outback Queensland

    Around 6km northeast of town (the turn-off is 4km east of town), the Lake has a fine location on the shore of Lake Houdraman. If you can grab a lakeside…

  • Travellers Haven

    Outback Queensland

    The rooms are fairly modest, but this is the only genuine backpacker hostel in Isa – and most of outback Queensland – so it's a great meeting place. It…

  • Wagon Wheel Motel

    Outback Queensland

    The historic main building at the Wagon Wheel Motel, with a restaurant and bar, is said to the oldest licensed premises in northwest Queensland. At the…

  • Western Star Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    Originally built in 1878, the charming Western Star Hotel has good pub rooms and four neat motel units. You can also camp out the back for a gold-coin…

  • Copper City Motel

    Outback Queensland

    The stylish modern rooms here are excellent value, ranking among the best in town for this price. There's no reception – it's all automated, and there are…

  • Rocks Motel

    Outback Queensland

    Charleville's best motel has modern stylings in the rooms, coffee machines and a full range of facilities including a lovely pool and top-class on-site…

  • Hotel Corones

    Outback Queensland

    Majestic Hotel Corones is a classic country pub with basic rooms upstairs, renovated heritage rooms featuring fireplaces and stained-glass windows, and…

  • Bedourie Royal Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    One of the great outback pubs, Bedourie Royal Hotel is a charming adobe-brick building built in the 1880s. There are tidy motel units out the back and…

  • Mt Isa Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    The closest caravan park to the town centre is an impressive tourist village with a swag of sleeping options, including self-contained units. There's also…

  • Albert Park Motor Inn

    Outback Queensland

    On the highway east of the centre, this motel has spacious, four-star, well-appointed rooms, as well as a shaded pool and a spa. The motel’s Oasis…

  • Birdsville Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    The accommodation offered by this famous old pub is in motel-style units. They're out the back and around the corner, not in the main building, and they…

  • Matilda Country Tourist Park

    Outback Queensland

    North of the town centre, this is a peaceful, shady park with tired facilities but a nice pool and nightly entertainment in winter. The owners run daily…

  • Windorah Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    This small caravan park is a little bare but there's otherwise little choice in town. There's no reception as it's run by the regional council – contact…

  • Spinifex Motel

    Outback Queensland

    This four-star establishment has large, tiled rooms, tasteful furniture, writing desks and private outdoor patios. The new serviced apartments are three…

  • Longreach Motor Inn

    Outback Queensland

    Huge rooms with corresponding balconies and professional staff are the features of this popular motel on the edge of the shopping strip. The gated pool…

  • Ironbark Inn

    Outback Queensland

    The Ironbark Inn is in a relatively quiet location a few blocks south of the main street and has clean, comfortable motel-style rooms and quirky en-suite…

  • Australian Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    Boulia's only pub, the Australian is a classic outback watering hole with cold beer, a decent restaurant (mains $18 to $25), basic pub rooms upstairs and…

  • Birdsville Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    With dusty camp sites, air-con cabins and units, and the nearby billabong, this remote park is a welcome sight for weary overland travellers. There's not…

  • Allen Terry Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    The best of Hughenden's handful of caravan parks, Allen Terry has some shady camp sites, air-con cabins (some with en suite), a camp kitchen and the added…

  • Desert Sands Motel

    Outback Queensland

    With modern and spacious air-con units, the sandstone Desert Sands Motel is the best place to sleep in Boulia and one of the better motels in the area. It…

  • Burke & Wills Motel

    Outback Queensland

    The Burke & Wills is a smart, centrally located motel with a pool and spa. The neat brick rooms have all the usual amenities including satellite TV and…

  • Royal Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    The Royal is part local pub (check out the circular pool table in the bar) and part comfortable motel, with the luxury of a swimming pool. The 45 motel…

  • Homestead Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    This compact little caravan park with grassy sites is only a short walk to the town centre and pubs. The friendly management also runs the local roadhouse…

  • Fourth Avenue Motor Inn

    Outback Queensland

    This friendly, colourful motor inn, in a quiet residential zone, has a large saltwater pool in a neat outdoor area. Rooms are a touch above the town…

  • Isa Hotel

    Outback Queensland

    The 40 rooms of Isa Hotel are well-furnished with modern stylings in a good central location. They're connected to Red Earth.

  • Simpson Desert Oasis

    Outback Queensland

    This top-notch accommodation resort has a caravan park, cabins and comfortable motel units, as well as a roadhouse, small supermarket and the Tavern bar…

  • Central Point Motel

    Outback Queensland

    A short walk from town, the Central Point keeps things simple and looks a bit dated, but it has a tropical atmosphere and well-equipped kitchenettes in…

  • Boulia Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    This simple park on the banks of the Burke River has some shady sites, surprisingly grassy areas and just a few cabins. It's a 10-minute walk to the town…

  • Lakeview Caravan Park

    Outback Queensland

    Richmond's caravan park overlooks Lake Fred Tritton and has grassy sites, plus live music nightly in the winter season.

  • Cloncurry Caravan Park Oasis

    Outback Queensland

    The most central of Cloncurry's three van parks is across from the visitor centre. There's not a whole lot of shade.

  • Winton Outback Motel

    Outback Queensland

    Central motel with a range of neat and bright rooms, including some with disabled access. It's a fairly typical rural motel – simple, but adequate.

  • Longreach Tourist Park

    Outback Queensland

    This large, spacious park lacks grass but has a small grotto of spa pools, a new swimming pool and the Woolshed restaurant and bar.

  • Discovery Parks Mt Isa

    Outback Queensland

    This shady park backs on to the (usually dry) Leichhardt River, about 2km north of the town centre. There are just eight cabins, and grassy sites.