Rainy day ideas for kids in Outback Queensland
33 places to go when it rains across the region: indoor play, museums, libraries, cinemas, bowling and more, nearest first from Longreach. Choose your suburb at the top to sort from where you are staying.
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Nearest first, from Longreach
Play
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Museums and history
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from Longreach
Over 1½ hours
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Libraries, cinemas and theatres
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from Longreach
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Also in this region, more than 4 hours from Longreach
Alpha (about 4 hr 15): Alpha Library, Alpha War memorial Pool, Beta Hut Railway Museum, Tivoli Theatre Museum
Windorah (about 4 hr 45): Windorah Library
Hughenden (about 5 hr): Flinders Discovery Centre, Flinders Library, Hughenden Memorial Swimming Pool
Combo Waterhole Conservation Park (about 5 hr 15): Combo Waterhole
Richmond (about 5 hr 30): Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Centre, Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond Pool, Richmond Library
Elsewhere in the region (about 5 hr 30): Lake Fred Tritton, Baldy Top Lookout, Rotary Lookout, The Bluff, Sunset Viewing Point, Warrigal Waterhole (Painted Rock), Three Steps, Mount Isa City Lookout, Lake Moondarra
Porcupine Gorge National Park (about 5 hr 45): Porcupine Gorge Lookout, Pyramid lookout, Porcupine Gorge
Quilpie (about 6 hr): Quilpie Memorial Swimming Pool, Quilpie Outback Powerhouse Museum, Quilpie Shire Library, Quilpie Shire Military History Museum
Augathella (about 6 hr): Augathella Library
Charleville (about 6 hr 45): Charleville Library, Historic House Museum, Charleville Bilby Experience, Graham Andrews Parklands playground, Charleville Cosmos Centre
Boulia (about 7 hr 30): Min Min Encounter Centre
Mungallala (about 8 hr): Mungallala Library
Cloncurry (about 8 hr 15): Cloncurry Unearthed Visitor Information Centre & Museum, John Flynn Place
Bedourie (about 8 hr 30): Bedourie Library
Yowah (about 8 hr 45): Ossies Opal Workshop and Museum
Thargomindah (about 8 hr 45): Bulloo Library
Mitchell (about 8 hr 45): Booringa Heritage Museum, Mitchell Library, Mitchell Memorial Swimming Pool
Mount Isa (about 9 hr 45): Outback at Isa (Hard Times Mine and Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre), Splashez Aquatic Centre
Mornington (about 9 hr 45): Underground Hospital & Museum
Parkside (about 9 hr 45): Family Fun Park, Mount Isa
Miles End (about 9 hr 45): Mount Isa City Library
Wallumbilla (about 10 hr 30): Queens Theatre and Museum, Wallumbilla Heritage Complex, Wallumbilla Library
Banana (about 10 hr 30): Mobile Library Stops Here
Theodore (about 10 hr 30): Dawson Folk Museum, Theodore Library, Theodore State School Swimming Pool
Dululu (about 10 hr 30): Mobile Library Stops Here
Goovigen (about 10 hr 45): Mobile Library Stops Here
Yuleba (about 10 hr 45): Yuleba Library
Jambin (about 10 hr 45): Mobile Library Stops Here
Biloela (about 11 hr): Queensland Heritage Park, Banana Shire Library & Information Service, Biloela Library, Greycliffe Homestead
Jackson (about 11 hr): Jackson Library
Dirranbandi (about 12 hr): Dirranbandi Library
Hebel (about 12 hr): Hebel Library
Camooweal Caves National Park (about 12 hr 30): Camooweal Caves
Camooweal (about 12 hr 30): Drovers Museum
Drive times are estimated from the distance, so treat them as a guide. Tap a card for the full page.
Region boundary: ABS Tourism Regions 2021 (Tourism Research Australia), CC BY 4.0. Outings from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and venues' own listings; nature spots from OpenStreetMap and park services.