What to do and see in Outback Queensland, Queensland: The Best Performances

Looking for something different? The Sheep's Back is a forty five minute entertainment held at the Wellshot Hotel in Ilfracombe. Learn about the history of sheep and shearing in the area in this unique performance. You will hear classic Australian poetry and songs and be drawn into the lives of Tom and Kath, a shearer and his wife. You will learn something of the Shearer's Strike in 1891 and understand the hardship of those times. An intimate and original presentation in the lovely old Wellshot Hotel; an unspoilt, Outback pub! Stay on for a delicious lunch! A unique performance and a unique hotel.

Min Min Encounter is a unique theatrical experience incorporating animatronics, fibre optic and loads of other high-tech wizardry. The Encounter is a tribute to the long honoured art of the bush yarn, all based around the famed Min Min light phenomenon. The 45 minute show introduces you to the story of the Min Min Light by various characters who claim to have seen the mysterious light. The Min Min Encounter also facilitates a Tourist Information Centre and a retail souvenir shop. Here you can also get up-to-date road conditions, weather forecasts and information on things to see and do in Boulia. The Centre is run by experienced staff who have first hand knowledge of the area and its many special attributes. The Min Min Encounter was opened to public in April 2000 and has been enticing visitors through Boulia since its creation. The Centre is owned and operated by Boulia Shire Council.

Mount Isa Mines Rodeo is the largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere. Staged on the second weekend of August annually, this event is on many cowboy and cowgirl's bucket list. The first Isa Rodeo was staged back in 1959. Called the Centenary Rodeo it comprised a rodeo competition including bullock riding, a wild steer race and open buckjumping championship. Back then it took weeks to walk the bucking horses in from Carandotta Station on the QLD-Northern Territory border to the old rodeo yards in Mount Isa at Kalkadoon Park. With a prize pool of 500 pounds on offer, the rodeo grew a mystique of its own. The rodeo organising committee’s vision was simple…..to “think big” and raise funds for much needed charities and put the new, remote town of Mount Isa on the map. Now labelled as one of the most iconic events in the country, it attracts over 30,000 attendees and competitors from all over Australia and the world and has gifted over $4.8m to charity in the north/west region of Qld.