Outback Pioneers
Outback Pioneers is a family owned and operated tourism business, based in Longreach, Queensland. Their tourism experiences include the famous Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience, Starlight’s Cruise Experience on the Thomson River, Nogo Station Experience and the Winton Discovery Experience.
The Kinnons have also made accommodation an attraction in its own right with heritage-inspired 4½-star Homestead Stables, 4-star Pioneer Slab Huts and 3½-star Outback Lodges at their Outback Accommodation site, close to Longreach’s other main attractions.
The Station Store - an outback shopping emporium and The Welcome Home Café and Tearoom in Longreach's main street are also part of the outback pioneering experience for visitors.
Outback Pioneers Starlights Spectacular Experience in Longreach
This is where you listen to bush poetry, mingle around the fire, listen to stories from the Kinnon family, and eat if you get the Big 3 Pass which includes the Outback Pioneers Thomson River Sunset Dinner Cruise and also the Starlight’s Spectacular Sound and Light Show.
We had already done the Outback Pioneers Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience in the morning so this was turning out to be one of the best days in our Outback Queensland Road Trip so far.
The whole process of being picked up by the bus at your accommodation, the cruise, the meal, the movie, and the trip home was awesome with too many highlights to name.
You can see what we did on our Outback Queensland Road Trip here,
Or you can check out what else I have been up to here....
or here
WUDU S08E19: Outback Pioneers Stagecoach Ride
While in Longreach, Tania & Macca catch a ride with Outback Pioneers Stagecoach Ride and are joined by a surprise visitor.
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Outback Pioneers:
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OutbackPioneers Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience
Richard Kinnon tells you all about 'running the storm' on a Cobb & Co Stagecoach in the middle of the Queensland outback. It's exciting, it's exhilarating and it is something you will never forget.
Outback Aussie Tours Longreach
Outback Aussie Tours offers escorted and accommodated tours in Outback Queensland, Corner Country, Gulf Savannah, Red Centre, The Kimberley. 1 - 13 day tours.
Explore Longreach in Outback Queensland
Longreach is the quintessential outback metropolis and a tribute to life on the land.
While in Longreach, make sure you hop aboard a Cobb & Co. stagecoach for a town tour or book a cruise along the mighty Thomson River, some of which are on historic paddle steamers and include a camp oven meal, bush poetry recitation and a sound and light show honouring the infamous bushranger, Captain Starlight. Take up the opportunity to get immersed in the history and the inner workings of an Outback Station, on a a station tour. See the rugged life, natural beauty and passion of the people who make his country their life.
Discover one of Longreach's best kept secrets at the Powerhouse Museum. Unearth even more local history with exhibits that include the powerhouse generating equipment, displays of social and commercial history, agricultural and road building machinery and the 1921 swimming baths.
Explore Longreach:
Nogo Station
Nogo Station is a historic homestead built in the 1880s, approximately 15 kilometres from the centre of Longreach.
At Nogo Station, visitors go to the shearing shed to see a Outback Pioneers' shearer at work and learn about the importance of sheep and wool in Australia’s development.
Visitors to Nogo Station appreciate the outback landscape and gain fascinating insights into pioneer methods and present day outback life. The property has a billabong reported to be used by legendary local cattle thief Captain Starlight (Harry Redford) to water his stolen cattle. Also stockyard ruins believed to have been where he kept stolen cattle before his notorious journey south.
The homestead opens during tour season (April - to October) providing an insight into pioneer times.
Outback Pioneers Stagecoach Ride in Longreach
This is the what you travel on for Outback Pioneers Stagecoach ride.
We are in Longreach for our Outback Queensland Road Trip and before we left we booked a the Outback Pioneers Big 3 Pass for our family which includes the Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience.
This experience gives you a stagecoach ride, smoko / morning tea after the ride, a live show called the Harry Redford Old Time Tent Show, and you watch a movie in the Outback Pioneers theatre.
So this is a short video of the stagecoach and the horses.
This is what you spend 45 minutes on when you do the Outback Pioneers Stagecoach ride.
It was a pretty good morning!
You can see what we did on our Outback Queensland Road Trip here,
Or you can check out what else I have been up to here....
or here
Cobb & Co stagecoach ride in Outback Queensland, Australia
Check out our very native Australian type of travelling - a historic stagecoach ride in Longreach, Outback Queensland. So much fun! Thanks to Cobb and Co for this experience.
Music by: Lee Kernaghan
Outback - Stagecoach
Racing a paddlesteamer down the Thomson River
Kinnon & Co Thomson River Cruises
More than just a river cruise! Watch the sun set while cruising on the historic Thomson Belle Paddlewheeler or Thomson Princess Riverboat. Afterwards, on the banks, enjoy bush poetry and dinner around the campfire then be immersed in the spirit of Harry Redford in the NEW Starlight's Spectacular Sound-and-Light Show.
Legendary Longreach and Winton Tour with Outback Aussie Tours
6 day fully accommodated tour taking in all of the hightlights of Longreach and Winton. Station tours, Thomson River cruising, Stockmans Hall of Fame, Qantas Founders Jet Tour, Australian Age of Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry....and much more.
Great Outback & Simpson Desert Adventure - Part 1 - Brisbane to Longreach
Part 1 of our 25 day outback adventure covering over 7,000 km and visiting some of the best places the vast Australian outback can offer.
2016 Outback Qld
A week travelling through central Queensland. With the rains, the area has come to life.
Outback Pioneers - Unleash your pioneering spirit!
At the heart of the Outback Pioneers brand is the Kinnon family’s vision: ‘To inspire and educate current and future generations to experience, value and preserve the real Australian Outback’.
The family’s love of their outback lifestyle, bush traditions and heritage, and their respect for the early settlers comes through in the detail of every aspect of their operations. Outback humour shines through and makes every experience warm and entertaining.
Kinnon and Co's Captain Starlight's movie trailer
This exclusive movie was commissioned by the Kinnons to celebrate the tale of Captain Starlight. Watch out for the appearances by Kinnon family members and locals.
The Road to Longreach, with Kids - A Fun Family Holiday in Outback Queensland
Jump in the car and drive to Longreach and you'll find heaps of fun family friendly places to visit along the way. Family Roadtrip!!!
Longreach Cobb & Co HD
Produced by Alpha Video Productions
From The Outback To The World
Intro from historical film about Qantas. qantashistory.com
Doug Stuart at Longreach
Dinner and Show at Smithys, Outback Aussie Tours, Longreach