CAMOOWEAL - QUEENSLAND
Population: 300,  
Latitude: 19.5500
Longitude: 138.1500
Location:   2,020km north west of Brisbane, 200nw of Mt Isa
Highway: Barkly Hwy 
Nearest Major Town: Mt Isa
Nearest Airport: Mt. Isa
Touring Area: Outback
Camooweal - Courtesy of Tourism Queensland
Camooweal is the last Queensland town before crossing the Northern Territory border, 13km. west, and is 188km (120 miles) north west of Mount Isa along the Barkly Highway.
When I was last there in 1969 I remember it as mainly a pub, a few shops, and a couple of houses. Two English sisters Carol & Mandy Musgrove attended the bar. (I wonder where they are these days)
The pub was the centre of activity and there was usually somebody with a guitar in the bar and singalongs were frequent. Camooweal is a great watering spot on the long journey across from Queensland to Tennant Creek. The next stop west is several hundred kilometres away at the Barkly Homestead, at the turn-off to Borroloola.

PLACES OF INTEREST:
  • There are 2 National Trust classified buildings on the Barkly Highway. Freckleton's Store and the Shire Hall (1922).
  • Barkly Tableland Heritage Centre
    There are caves in the Camooweal National Park some 25km. south.
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    INFORMATION CENTRE:
    Barkly Tablelands Heritage Centre
    Barkly Hwy, Camooweal. QLD 4828
    Ph: 07 4748 2022
    HOW TO GET THERE:
    By domestic flight to Mount Isa and then hire car or coach to Camooweal.
  • By car along the Barkly Hwy from Mt Isa or Tennant Creek.

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