longreach - best places to stay

[incisor]

any tips on good places to stay in longreach these days?

heading out there around easter...

[dmdigital]

We stayed at the Discovery van park. Big, dusty, expensive but well equipped. Everything in Longeach was expensive and we were there at peak season with limited available accommodation.

[harry]

yep, can reccomend gold coast.
was in longreach last weekend, hot, sand flies are beserk at the moment due the floods, a lot of midge breeding grounds due the water lying around.
take large cans of repellant.
sorry, cannot coment on accomodation, was put up in a private home.
watch out for cops, the town has a large station, and they are very active,
do not drink drive or speed, you will be caught
i can recommend the longreach club for a steak, and the qantas museum does a nice lunch .
did i mention it was hot, and humid due to the flood water.

[crump]

I'd stay at Ilfracombe and just "commute" as it were to Longreach(27kms) much nicer and would be a lot cheaper too.

[Bigbjorn]

Are you planning on camping? Otherwise there are still about nine pubs in Longreach all of which rent rooms fairly economically and like cash. The motels are the usual overpriced cement cell blocks.

Large police station is correct. Longreach has its own police station, the HQ of the Stock Squad, a commissioned officer's premises and his staff, plus a training school for country policing. Last I heard there were 80 wallopers there. I imagine half of them would be standing around with fine books and breathalysers in hand waiting for an opportunity.

The insects would be fierce after the rains and it has been bloody hot right across the north and central west.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

after reading the above,,
two questions spring to mind.

why?:p

and in what?:eek:
The Incasaurus?
or the Toyosawswxrwarsrex?

[incisor]

taking the better half out there as she has never been there and in the county all going well..

[Pedro_The_Swift]

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[waynep]

We stayed in that big caravan park in May last year. The facilities there are good - if camping get one of the grassy sites near the office much better - they've also got about 30 cabins if that's what you're after but no atmosphere, there's another lot of nicer looking cabins with nice gardens I saw on the walk down to Qantas. ( Aussie Betta Cabins ) ). It's all within easy walking distance of the Hall of Fame and Qantas Discovery centre. ( you HAVE to go to the Qantas Centre and make sure you do the tour of the 747 and the 707 -the Stockmans Hall of Fame I was actually quite disappointed with )

Try wotif see wots on there maybe.

[PhilipA]

I guess I was disappointed last September when I went to the big caravan park, because I thought that they could do much better. It was 45C and there were no shady sites in the area we were in but the pool was clean and welcome.
It rubbed it in when we went past the Stockmans etc and saw the extensive trees they had planted.

The year before we stayed in the small caravan park and it was like George St in the rush hour. We were put near the facilities and we had a guy in a van with prostate trouble nearby who opened and closed the sliding door noisily all night. On the plus side they had entertainment via an old guy who sang self composed songs.

When we drove past Ilfachome the van park was chockers and right on the main road, which both the others are not.

On balance we thought the best of three average options was the big caravan park. In future we will avoid all if possible.
Regards Philip A

[incisor]

my county isnt noisy ....

REALLY IT'S NOT!

was fine last year when she did gundy, st george, mitchell, muckadilla etc etc

still wouldnt let me get something with more creature comforts :p

[Bundalene]

Our two bob's worth re: Longreach. As Derek says, it's a fairly expensive country town. Unless you book ahead for a Motel, you'll probably find there won't be much available. Longreach is a very popular stopping place for the southerners heading up to Karumba and further north. Only stayed once at a Caravan Park there and would prefer to bush camp...but that could have been our poor choice of a Caravan Park.

The RSL has reasonable meals. Some have said the Stockman's Hall of Fame was disappointing, but we found it very interesting and would recommend it.

If you want to do an interesting side-track, head out to Isisford and have a look at the Isis Downs Shearing Shed. You could even stay at Clancy's Overflow Pub in Isisford, it has air con rooms for a lot less than Motels.
If you want a free camp, there is one nearby on the Barcoo (on the road out to Blackall).

The Machinery Mile at Ilfracombe is worth a look, and do have a beer at the Wellshot Hotel at Ilfracombe.

If you can get your hands on the free Tourist Book called " Matilda Country", it will give you a lot of information regarding accommodation, sightseeing and local interesting spots. etc. in the area surrounding Longreach

Good luck, and have a great time.

[dmdigital]

i can recommend the longreach club for a steak
Must have improved since last July as it was a very poor show for a meal when we went there. We actually commented how it was better at the Arnhem Club in Gove.


I'd stay at Ilfracombe and just "commute" as it were to Longreach(27kms) much nicer and would be a lot cheaper too.
The welcome we got from the van park and the pub in Ilfracombe made us drive back to Longreach. Wouldn't recommend either.


Some have said the Stockman's Hall of Fame was disappointing, but we found it very interesting and would recommend it.

Must say we didn't enjoy the SHOF as much as the QANTAS museum. The big down side of the SHOF was it was very badly lit and the fonts and colours of the text on the - extensive - reading material also made things difficult. Must say though the Stockman's Show that costs an extra $5 was well worth going to. Never seen such well trained sheep!

[ramblingboy42]

funny lot......first of all what do you expect? city prices in a place that takes two days to get there? youre a lot of bloody whingers.I was there for a few days a couple of months ago and found the hospitality of the locals fantastic, loved the local watering holes beer was same price as everywhere, so was a pie or steak'n chips, and in one pub in the middle of the street there they had gourmet meals at counter lunch prices. the stockmans hall of fame really takes two days to go through it thoroughly and they will give you a return ticket for free if you want to come back......whats expensive about that? The Qantas museum also needs a full day if you want to sit and watch the extensive video presentations.......which are really worth taking the time and watching.
Longreach? I'm going back there again to do it slower,,,,,,,its worth it, and if you slow down and let the local hospitality and friendship in that town encompass you youll love it.
Remember.....youre deep in the australian bush there.

[dmdigital]

funny lot......first of all what do you expect? city prices in a place that takes two days to get there?
No I don't!!!! When I say it was expensive I was putting this in relation to other places far more remote.

We had been recommended Ilfracombe by a number of people as far more hospitable than Longreach. All I can say is they couldn't have been further from the truth about Ilfracombe when we were there. Longreach itself wasn't to bad, it had the usual big country town feel about it. But I'll reiterate what I have said before it wasn't a cheap town to stay in.