Newly relocated to the Cosmos Building near the Charleville Airport, the Charleville Visitor Information Centre is your one-stop shop for information on local attractions, accommodation, self-drive itineraries, local road conditions, souvenirs and much more.

The staff there can book your accommodation and organise your visit to various attractions in Charleville. For a start, they’ll make sure you know about more than 20 things to see and do while you’re in the region.

The Charleville Visitor Infor­ation Centre is open daily from April to September and Monday to Saturday in October to March.

Self-guided heritage trails
Popular activities include the self-guided heritage trails. Enjoy the weather, get some exercise and discover Charleville’s heritage when you step back in time to discover the town’s diverse and colourful history. The Charleville Audio Heritage Walking Trail tells stories of the town’s buildings, history and some of the characters who played a part in it. The trail, which starts at the Charleville Railway Station, brings the history of the town to life with sound effects, facts, memories and stories. The audio trail can be downloaded to your ipod or MP3 player or you can hire an easy-to-operate audio player.

Then go further afield with the Charleville Audio Heritage Driving Trail. The history of Charleville unfolds as you drive around the area. Discover landing sites of early aviators, old woolscour ruins and the site of the brewery that once operated in Charleville.

4X4 stock route trails
Rivers carve pathways through the outback, taking millions of years to form. Haven’t got a million years? No problem. Carve your own pathway in just half a day as you embark on the Ward River Stock Route Trail. Enjoy beautiful outback scenery, sun, solitude, pastoral history, flora, fauna and a little excitement. Covering a distance of 97km, the Ward is a tributary of the mighty Warrego River.

Stock route 4x4 trails are also available for Augathella and Morven (not available after heavy rain).

Outback Native Timber Walk
Still wondering what a mulga or gidgee looks like? Find out when you embark on Charleville’s Outback Native Timber Walk.

Surrounding the lake in Graham Andrews Parklands (pictured on previous page), this walk introduces you to 18 different species of native Australian outback trees.

Learn how different trees - along with their timber, seeds and leaves – were used by Aboriginal people and early European settlers.

Call in to the Charleville Visitor Information Centre at the Cosmos Centre for your self-guided map.