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Longreach Tours
Half-Day Historic Excursion in Ilfracombe
2.5

Half-Day Historic Excursion in Ilfracombe

By Outback Aussie Tours
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Experience our heritage Rail Motor en-route to the one pub town of Ilfracombe, with stories of nostalgia to tell your mates about for years to come. Feel the freedom of the vast open plains to Ilfracombe before disembarking in Ilfracombe to explore the unique attractions in “the Hub of the West” like the Wellshot centre, the Machinery Mile and grab some lunch at the Famous Wellshot Hotel. After a great break exploring this historic town, re-board the train for the journey back to Longreach Railway Station.

Ages 0-120, max of 70 per group
Duration: 4h 30m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Meets animal welfare guidelines
Live guide: English
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  • Travel on our historic Rail Motor
  • Informative interpretation from your train driver/guide
  • Lunch
  • Time to explore Ilfracombe
  • Entry/Admission - Ilfracombe


Start:
  • Longreach Railway Station, LOT 1 Wonga St, Longreach QLD 4730, Australia
    The Railway Station is located on the Landsborough Highway, opposite Anzac Park, which is next to the WaterTower. Look for a guide who wears a Savannah Guides uniform.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Infants must sit on laps
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 166940P5

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Most travellers can participate
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 70 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 166940P5

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    • LOT 1 Wonga St, Longreach QLD 4730, Australia
      The Railway Station is located on the Landsborough Highway, opposite Anzac Park, which is next to the WaterTower. Look for a guide who wears a Savannah Guides uniform.
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    • Outback Aussie Tours
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      Joined in February 2012
    • 372elizabetha
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sunset river cruise
      The cruise down the Thompson River was amazing. Seeing the birds turtles kangaroos, the sunset was the best I have seen. The meal and the show after the cruise were great as well
      Written 1 November 2024
    • Janice_travels_lush
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A Night to Remember
      The Thomson River put on an amazing nature show. Birds, roos and an amazing sunsets framed by the gums. The meal and show were magical.
      Written 28 October 2024
    • W9480LBmelissab
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Who said trains are boring?
      This was a great way to spend a morning. Even though there's no air conditioning in this old train, with all the windows open there was a great breeze keeping the temperature down inside. The friendliness of the staff, their knowledge and constantly cheerful interaction made the morning fun and relaxing. The morning tea was very good, with pretty good damper.
      Written 22 October 2024
    • Megan M
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Longreach
      Very highly recommend this tour company. Just off the Legendary Longreach and Winton Summer Tour, an amazing experience! Well planned, excellent value for money, top quality care of us. Will travel with OAT again. Thank you
      Written 21 October 2024
    • helencO1065CV
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting
      Outback Aussie Tour Corner Country Explorer Tour: The best tour we have experienced. The tour guides are professional, knowledgeable and very welcoming. We were impressed with the places we visited, not only for the spectacular interesting scenery, but also for the deep and engaged interpretation of their communities by local presenters. The OAT guides accompanying our tour have a close collaboration with local guides which was impressive and aded to our appreciation. It is difficult nominate any one experience or place to highlight. We loved all the wide open spaces and the changing scenery - the Channel Country is fascinating as well as learning about Dinosaurs at Eromanga and Winton. The small towns we visited were interesting and impressive. Our last night was a cruise on the Tomson Rover, Longreach, at sunset followed by an out door dinner and show. It was a lot of fun and great to enjoy the warm hospitality. We would love to do it all again.
      Written 21 September 2024
    • Triptrouble
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Just a wonderful experience
      Just a wonderful experience. The boat trip down the Thomson river was just wonderful and picturesque. Photos we took were some of the best we have taken. To see the birds including kites, the turtles and the kangaroos coming to drink was just wonderful. The quiet tranquil immersion in nature was something you don't get these days very often. Dinner was lovely. Plenty of food and drinks were not overly expensive. Entertainment was fun and made for a good time. Just a lovely experience.
      Written 14 September 2024
    • frankdB2521SR
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      The area around this tour has so much to offer. The scenery the sunsets the river cruises and the history are amazing.
      The area around Longreach and Winton were just amazing. So much to see and do, I'll be going back again. But it has to be with Outback Aussie Tours they are jus phenomenal.
      Written 11 September 2024
    • tonyk942
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Outback Aussie Tours - Drovers Sunset Cruise and Dinner
      From pick up to drop off in the comfortable coach, the entire experience was excellent. Our Hosts and supporting staff were friendly, professional and provided top notch customer service throughout the fabulous river cruise, delicious meal and enjoyable entertainment. Great venue, everything was just perfect. Thank you.
      Written 11 September 2024
    • 684timc
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fantastic evening!
      Superb operation. The cruise was interesting and informative, followed by a delicious dinner with world-class entertainment by Drew Blundell.
      Written 30 August 2024
    • Carol R
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Beautiful sunset cruise, great meal and entertainment!
      Just had a beautiful sunset cruise on the Thompson River. Nibbles served as we watched the birds and turtles and the sunset! Then a great dinner, dessert, damper and tea and great entertainment from Corinne. Lovely staff who really seem to enjoy having guests and making sure we all have a great time. Well worth the money! Loved it.
      Written 27 August 2024
    • maureenhD3186AB
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Outback dinner and show at Longreach.
      We had a lovely night by the river enjoying a lovely meal served at the table under party lights. Lovely balmy night and great atmosphere with Rob singing and playing his guitar. Very easy listening country and western style. Thoroughly recommend.
      Written 25 August 2024
    • waynedenise2021
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great Tour of the Corner Country visiting Charleville, Thargomindah, Innamincka, Birdsville, Boulia, Winton, Longreach
      Corner Country Tour 2024 We thoroughly enjoyed our trip with Jim and Rachel as our driver and hostess. Nothing was too much trouble for them. They looked after us all, answering our queries, filling us in on the history etc of each place we visited and ensuring that everyone was doing well. We had a wonderful group of travellers who followed the suggestion of changing seats each day which made our travels a lot of fun, seeing who we’d be sitting near in the coach for the day. The accomodation was good and our meals were very nice. One of us is coeliac and he was catered for amazingly throughout the time away. The only disappointment was with the Longreach office at the finish of the tour. Our itinerary showed that we would have breakfast and then be transported to the railway or airport. Our hostess said that since we wouldn’t actually be having breakfast before leaving that it would be provided on the train. She gave those flying home a Breakfast Voucher for $25 each to cover the breakfast on the itinerary. We were the only ones taking a seated carriage due to arriving home at midnight - the rest of the group who had chosen train travel took a sleeper for their trip. When we ordered our breakfast, we mentioned that Outback Aussie Tours had said breakfast would be provided, but they knew nothing of it. The rail staff said that that would have applied to those in the sleeping carriage. Since arriving home, we have phoned the Longreach office twice to enquire about this and were told that Bella would call us back but she has not been in touch. We are disappointed that once the tour is over, they aren’t interested in contacting us.
      Written 15 August 2024
    • A5724SVsuer
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      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Life in the outback.
      We had a group tour of Longreach and Winton with Outback Aussie Tours. Pat and Elizabeth from Outback Aussie Tours were excellent tour leaders. Very well organised and helpful. Pat was an extremely safe driver. The owners of the tour company are well connected to the region and offered an interesting and varied selection of experiences. We were able to get a good look at life in the outback. It was a terrific experience.
      Written 14 August 2024
    • KarenLeigh2017
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Lovely Experience
      Thoroughly enjoyed the cruise, dinner and show. It was very well organised, perfect timing for each segment, great scenery, lovely food in a beautiful setting, topped off by enjoyable entertainment. The staff were friendly and seamlessly provided excellent service. Perfect end to the day.
      Written 10 August 2024
    • 139graemee
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      How to have fun in one evening
      The boat, the river, the food, the show, the bus. This was one extraordinary evening and would do it all again. Highly recommended.
      Written 9 August 2024
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    Mark C
    Port Douglas, Australia11 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    $399 for a family ticket to travel 27km Longreach to Ilfracombe to see the (free of charge) mile of machinery and visit the Wellshot Pub. Includes 1 each complimentary drink (no meal).

    Are you serious??

    $129 per adult
    $99 per child.

    Just to provide some perspective.
    Train Longreach to Brisbane = $285 distance 1176kms.

    We chose to save $400 and just drive the 20mins and enjoy the mile of machinery which is just marvellous. And we got to see a virtually empty train along the way.

    We really like Longreach but don’t understand why places think that an average of $400 per family of 4 is reasonable.
    Written 25 September 2024
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    Triptrouble
    Hervey Bay, Australia186 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Train trip from Longreach was nice, but you could have driven it in 20 minutes. Basically walked the main street looking at old machines tractors etc. Looked forward to lunch at the pub which supposedly was a ploughman's lunch. Was a dagwood dog 2 small hash brown's a bit of cold meat an something resembling coleslaw. What a shocker. For $129 this was disgusting. Would never recommend.
    Written 14 September 2024
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    Julia B
    5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sept 2023 • Family

    Family trip, with 3 children. The train journey was great (will do a longer trip next time). Ilfracombe was lovely, would suggest going with guide to start. The pub offered a lovey lunch and it had a nice atmosphere. The guide was awesome, highly recommend.
    Written 25 September 2023
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