Bedourie Visitor Information The Outback Visitor Centre is a “must visit” facility situated in the town centre. Offering visitors local advice on travelling through the pristine areas of the Georgina River, Eyre Creek and the sands of the Simpson Desert in the Bedourie region. Centre staff can provide advice and information about the remote areas of the Diamantina Shire including the Diamantina National Park (named in the Top Ten National Parks in Australia), the Simpson Desert and all the attractions of the region. Road conditions and live weather reports are also available. Other facilities for the visitor include wireless internet, public phone, photo printing, maps, souvenirs and library facilities. The centre includes magnificent interpretive displays about the town, Indigenous heritage, European history, natural history, geology, plants, animals, remote issues and an overview of the area. The theatrette offers vision of the area and the 2009 floods. Interpretive displays include the cattle industry throughout the channel country and desert region and the periodic floods. This area is one of the best cattle fattening areas in Queensland. The floods bring the birdlife from across Australia and migratory birds from Siberia, China and Central Europe. Bedourie is home of the famous Bedourie Camp Oven. Originally made by an itinerant tradesman tin-smith in Bedourie in the 1920’s by inverting a large billy can over a smaller one. Today the Bedourie Camp Oven is sold across Australia and around the world and can be purchased in Bedourie. Open seven (7) days Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 4.30pm For further information please contact: Our Tourism and Library Officers Phone: 1300 794 257 Facsimile: 07 4746 1272 Email: travel@diamantina.qld.gov.au or visitors@diamantina.qld.gov.au
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