Flinders Discovery Centre

Outback Queensland


This centre houses Hughenden's helpful visitor information centre and an impressive museum containing local history and a replica Muttaburrasaurus skeleton, whose fossils were found south of here. Book walking tours and trips to Porcupine Gorge; bike hire available.


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1. Wirrila Mill

0.14 MILES

Windmills are a common outback sight, but this 35ft Comet is worth a look for its massive girth.

2. Hughenden Cemetery

1.87 MILES

If cemetery tours are your thing, the visitor information centre has an eight-page self-guided tour listing 24 plots with some fascinating stories.

3. Mt Walker

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Take the drive 12km south of Hughenden along the Muttaburra Rd to Mt Walker (478m) for fabulous 360-degree views over the flat outback landscape. There…