Hughenden Outback Cattle Country

An ancient landscape, rich in fossils and rugged peaceful beauty.

This is a land which draws you into the ancient past, which shreds the glitzy carnival of modern life and speaks to you of peace and purpose in the immensity of time.

Hughenden is a town of about 1500 people situated on the banks of the Flinders river, about half way along the road between Townsville on the coast and the mining town of Mt Isa. With an average rainfall of only 450mm, this is now predominantly cattle grazing country, although it also has a rich history of sheep farming on the black volcanic soils in it's southern areas. With the slow demise of the wool industry in the past few decades, the sheep have been replaced with cattle and the many shearing teams which once worked through the area are now only memories.