A retired Qantas Boeing 747 parked next to the airport – is Longreach's principal landmark.
Cheaper flights and a swag of new tour resorts and hotel makeovers are helping lure travellers back to central Australia,writes Lee Atkinson.
Lee Atkinson and her children find the Queensland towns of Longreach and Winton are full of dinosaur discoveries.
The most impressive aeroplane at The Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach is not the giant Boeing 747 that sits on the red dirt like a beached whale on wheels.
With the promise of a sore behind and dusty days ahead,would-be drover Lance Richardson saddles up for a ride into history.
<b>Longreach</b><br><b>Major centre in western Queensland and home to the Stockman's Hall of Fame.</b><br>Located 1184 km from Brisbane and 676 km west of Rockhampton,Longreach is the largest town in central Queensland. Situated on the Thomson River 191 m above sea level it is the centre of one of Queensland's most prosperous wool and beef areas.