Outback Queensland - Camooweal to Stanthorpe Hema Explorer Map

Outback Queensland on touring map at 1:1,1,500,000 from Hema highlighting 19 recommended tourist routes, with on the reverse eight panels showing the region’s most popular national parks in greater detail, plus a table with tourist facilities in 24 national parks, descriptions of places of interest, etc. The map covers the south-western part of Queensland, including the deserts in the north-eastern corner of South Australia, extending east to Toowoomba and along the coast to Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone, plus north to Mount Isa and the Flinders Highway.

Topography is well presented by relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, peaks, etc, plus colouring and/or graphics for areas liable to inundation, sand ridges, salt flats, national parks and other protected or restricted entry areas, etc. Road network indicates unsealed roads, clearly shows road numbers and names, and gives locations of fuel supply points. Outback roads and tracks indicate routes which have been GPS-plotted by the publishers themselves during fieldwork. On overprint highlights 19 recommended tourist routes. Railway lines are shown with stations and airfields/airstrips are marked, indicating Flying Doctors Service Bases. Symbols mark tourist information centres, various roadside rest areas, campsites and bush camping sites, general stores and car repair facilities, etc. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals.

The index is on the reverse side which also includes panels showing in greater detail most visited national parks: Diamantina, Idalia, Currawinya, Bladensburg and Carnarvon, with three further enlargements of the Carnarvon Gorge. Also provided is a table showing tourist facilities in the region’s national parks, a list of contact details for Visitor Information Centres, plus extensive notes about places of interest illustrated with colour photos.

To see other titles in Hema’s series of detailed regional road maps of Australia please click on the series link.