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Winton Discovery Day Tour: Outback Heritage Adventure
4.6
23 Ratings
Longreach
You can’t pack much more experience into an outback day! This memorable tour deeper into the Queensland outback gives you a local’s insight into the rich heritage of the Winton region, including the award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum, Waltzing Matilda Centre and the legendary North Gregory Hotel.
You can’t pack much more experience into an outback day! This memorable tour deeper into the Queensland outback gives you a local’s insight into the rich heritage of the Winton region, including the award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum, Waltzing Matilda Centre and the legendary North Gregory Hotel.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Longreach - We depart from Longreach at 6.45am Depending on your pick-up point). Our air-conditioned coach tour travels the 180 kilometres from Longreach to Winton Our coach ride will take approximately 120 minutes
- Australian Age of Dinosaurs - Winton is a town that holds a special place in local history and pre-history. Winton is known for…
- Longreach - We depart from Longreach at 6.45am Depending on your pick-up point). Our air-conditioned coach tour travels the 180 kilometres from Longreach to Winton Our coach ride will take approximately 120 minutes
- Australian Age of Dinosaurs - Winton is a town that holds a special place in local history and pre-history. Winton is known for its dinosaur fossils and the award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum is one of the highlights of the tour – an opportunity to learn more about the amazing creatures that once walked this part of the world. You will visit the Collection Room and do the Dinosaur Canyon Tour.
- Winton Opal Gems - Winton Opal Gems, located in Winton’s main street is an experience in Outback Australia that you don’t want to miss.
- North Gregory Hotel - At midday, you’ll enjoy lunch at the legendary North Gregory Hotel, which originally opened in 1879 and where Banjo Paterson is said to have first performed Waltzing Matilda.
- Waltzing Matilda Centre - Visit the Waltzing Matilda Centre.
- Longreach - At 2.00pm we depart Winton and return to Longreach by air-conditioned coach. Our arrival time in Longreach is approximately 4.00pm
What's Included
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information
- Please call Outback Pioneers if you have dietary requirements.
- Please call Outback Pioneers if you have dietary requirements.
Location
Outback Pioneers - Tours And Experiences
Eagle Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(23 Ratings)
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Rozina56
Sep 25, 2024
Discovering dinosaurs - Very comfortable coach trip from Longreach, great driver, knowledgeable, plus so humorous. ( I think it was Duncan). The presentation was great, not rushed and those that could not see/ hear all were able to have this repeated. The Architecture blended in beautifully so as not to be obtrusive. So well planned. The views around the area were astounding, it was hard to believe that we were so high to achieve these views. Prior to this I had no idea that dinosours were ever even in Australia.
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Garry_l
Aug 25, 2024
Winton Aye - Good overview of the modern history of the area from the driver. Saw lots of birdiife. Dinosaur Museum was great especially the trackway.
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Joelle
Jun 1, 2024
Awesome day in Winton. - The day tour to Winton was amazing. We were picked up by bus from our lodgings by Outback Pioneers at 6:30 in the morning and we were off for a day of discover. Our first stop was the Age of Dinosaurs Centre. What a fantastic place to visit if you’re interested in palaeontology. Fossils of dinosaurs were discovered in the region about thirty years ago and from then on, this marvellous centre was built for those interested in dinosaur fossils. The tour guide explained the long and slow process of digging up and ensuring the preservation of these fossils and live sized bronze statues showed us what they would actually have looked like when alive. Then it was off to Winton Centre for lunch at the The North Gregory Hotel and we were entertained by Gregory North who recited poetry by Banjo Patterson who lived in Winton for a while. A wander in town after lunch then back on the bus for the return to Longreach at around 4:10 in the afternoon. A great day out.
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Erica_s
Jul 21, 2023
Great day out - The day was about dinosaurs, waltzing Matilda and the past life at Winton. The waltzing Matilda museum is well worth a visit.
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Davidjohnl358
Jul 1, 2023
Wonderful - The whole trip was extremly well planned and kept to schedule (when everyone arrived back to the bus on time). The driver/guide was excellent with a great knowledge of the local area. Our trip to the Dinosaur museum was excellent and informative. We were supplied with tea/coffee and home made anzac biscuits for morning tea.
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K7553znlindam
May 30, 2023
Great Day Out - The driver was such an entertainer everyone had a good laugh. Winton was very interesting. The tour included alot of great places. Highly recommend.
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Annette_b
May 7, 2023
Our team building trip gets top marks. - So many great memories. The long drive from Longreach to Winton seemed to flash by as we listened to some wonderful real cattle farm stories. We were amazed with the Age of Dinosaurs exhibits found right in the local areas. What we learned from the experts was so informative we quickly passed the time on the trip back to Longreach. Tea and homemade anzac biscuits kepts up all happy till we reached Winton and had an amazing time at the Waltzing Matilda centre. A really special adventure for anyone of any age.
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Vanessa_t
Oct 25, 2023
Average Outback Experience - Our driver was very experienced and gave us the local knowledge but I found many of his comments boring, dated and sexist - considering most of travelers were women ! The lunch at Winton Northern Hotel was more of a kids sized meal of either fish n chips or bangers and mash - both pretty cheap meals to prepare.
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Ken3816
Aug 23, 2023
I would recomend this tour to anyone interested in Prehistoric Fossils. - We booked this Tour, online, directly with the venue before we left home because we were unable to book a tour with the local Tour Company. We drove ourselves to Winton from Longreach, a trip of about 11/2 hours each way, not difficult.
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Janet
Aug 13, 2023
Worth visiting - As my husband is unable to walk very far, the staff at the centre were very helpful and we were able to enjoy a shorter tour, involving a visit to the laboratory and the film and talk at the centre.
Watching the people actually working on the finds from the diggings was very interesting, and our guide (Jacob) was very informative.
Everything was very well done and well worth a visit.
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