Kidman Way to Longreach and Townsville Pub Trail
The Kidman Way is a brilliant inland trail cutting right up through the centre of NSW and onward to QLD and a great way to reach Longreach and over to Townsville. Starting out at the Murray River at Tocumwal, this Pub Trail takes in the Griffith wine district, Darling River area, the mining regions like Cobar and some of the great inland historical and pioneering regions the likes of Cunumulla, Charleville, Blackall, Barcaldine, Winton, Longreach and Charters Towers as you emerge at Townsville on the coast.
There are numerous north-south links between Far North Queensland and Victoria. The Kidman Way whilst officially going from Jerilderie in the south to Barringun on the QLD/NSW border in the north, is really just half of this Pub Trail which shows you a quiet, fully sealed and interesting way to travel to Far North Queensland.
This route is totally different to the alternatives of:
- coastal run via Prince's Highway/Pacific Highway/Bruce Highway
- the Newell Highway starting not far from Kidman Way, and cutting over to Brisbane to then follow the coast like above
- the Leichardt Way that shares the Newell but cuts midway from the coast, and finishes at Rockhampton
- going deeper inland through the centre where many roads are likely unsealed.
Instead, the Kidman Way provides a fully sealed, less commercially travelled, yet most direct path to travel to the Far North. For lovers of great outback Aussie Pubs and all the history, charm and characters (and villains) that go along with them, then this Pub Trail will gvie you a glimpse into many of Australia's pioneering history.
Of particular interest, are the towns that provide a well documented as well as graphic record of the many men and women that shaped the Outback, our transport, agriculture and mining. One key example of course is Longreach where the Stockman's Hall Of Fame provides a full day or two of history to absorb. And right opposite, is the Qantas Air Musuem with all its fine restored examples of aeroplanes.
But along the way, you'll get to see a lot of the towns that make up the great folklore of Australia, its founders, its pioneers, its entrepreneurs and its big land station holders.
And nowhere is all this history better to see, than in the many fine pubobilia items that adorn the walls of the often quaint and historic Pubs mentioned in this Pub Trail. So let's begin on the Murray River at Tocumwal just over the border from Victoria, and lead you up the Kidman Way to Longreach Pub Trail which can slip you across to Townsville on the coast for exploring further north if desired.
Happy Pub-Trailing!
Gaz!
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Kidman Way to Longreach and Townsville Pub Trail Location Map
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Kelly's Farmers Arms Hotel
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Tattersall's Hotel
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Terminus Hotel
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Tocumwal Hotel Motel
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Albion Hotel
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Country Club Hotel Motel
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Tuppal Hotel
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Colony Inn Hotel Motel
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Jerilderie Hotel
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Royal Mail Hotel
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Brolga Hotel Motel
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Punt Hotel
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Area Hotel
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Griffith Hotel Motel
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Victoria Hotel
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Royal Mail Hotel
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Clubhouse Hotel
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Tattersalls Hotel
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Royal Hotel
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Empire Hotel
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Grand Hotel
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Great Western Hotel
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New Occidental Hotel
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Back Of Bourke Hotel (The)
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Tattersalls Hotel
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Billabong Hotel Motel
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Club Hotel
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Cunnamulla Hotel
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Oxford Hotel
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Warrego Hotel Motel
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Cattle Camp Hotel Motel
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Hotel Charleville
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Hotel Corones
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Railway Hotel
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Ellangowan Hotel
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Barcoo Hotel
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Bushmans Hotel
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Prince of Wales Hotel
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Union Hotel
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Artesian Hotel
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Commercial Hotel
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Globe Hotel
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Railway Hotel
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Shakespeare Hotel
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Union Hotel
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Wellshot Hotel
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Central Hotel
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Commercial Hotel Longreach
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Lyceum Hotel
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Royal Hotel
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Welcome Home Hotel Motel
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Australian Hotel
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North Gregory Hotel Motel
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Tattersalls Hotel
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Winton Hotel
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Great Western Hotel Motel
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Royal Hotel Motel
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Prairie Hotel Motel
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Commercial Hotel
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Courthouse Hotel
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Crown Hotel Motel
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Enterprise Hotel
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Rix Hotel Motel
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Sovereign Tavern
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St Patricks Hotel
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Waverley Hotel
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White Horse Tavern
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Great Northern Hotel
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