Central West region

Extending 60 km south of Tambo and 80 km south of Windorah. Its northern limit is 140 km north-west of Winton and within 20 km of Mt Isa. It extends from Alpha in the east to the Northern Territory border.

Heavy vehicle truck passing through town

About Central West Region

Area: 396,697 sq km.
Population: Around 12,500.
Industries: Tourism, freight, cattle, sheep.

Main Roads services the state-controlled road network in Queensland. The department’s roads program, the Roads Implementation Program 2009-10 to 2013-14, outlines what the department is doing in the Central West Region of Queensland, now and in the future. The department’s Barcaldine Office is the main point of contact for residents, industry and business to connect with Main Roads and learn more about what is happening in the area.

Region contact information

Barcaldine Office

Email:	barcaldine.office@tmr.qld.gov.au
Phone:	+61 7 4651 2777
Fax:	+61 7 4651 2772
Post:	PO Box 3 Barcaldine QLD 4725
Location:	69 Ash Street Barcaldine QLD 4725

Interesting facts and figures

Central West Region profile (PDF, 272 KB)
Central West Region road facts (PDF, 2.01 MB)

Road network

Visit the Traffic and travel information website for the lastest update.

Landsborough Highway (Augathella – Kynuna)
Capricorn Highway (Emerald – Barcaldine)
Birdsville Developmental Road (Morney – Birdsville)
Eyre Developmental Road (Bedourie – Border)
Dawson Developmental Road (Springsure – Tambo)
Diamantina Developmental Road (Quilpie – Mt. Isa)
Thomson Developmental Road (Windorah – Longreach)
Kennedy Developmental Road (Hughenden – Boulia)
Blackall – Jericho Road
Alpha – Tambo Road
Clermont - Alpha Road
Muttaburra – Aramac Road
Barcaldine – Aramac Road
Isisford – Ilfracombe Road
Isisford – Blackall Road
Jundah – Quilpie Road
Hughenden – Muttaburra Road
Aramac – Torrens Creek Road
Cramsie – Muttaburra Road
Ilfracombe – Aramac Road
Richmond – Winton Road
Blackall – Adavale Road
Isisford – Emmet Road

Local government

Places of interest

Windurah
Birdsville
Bedourie
Boulia
Tambo
Alpha
Jericho
Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine
Matilda Country
Channel Country
Barcoo River
Thomson River
Cooper Creek
Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach

Projects

Project feed

Project name	Region(s)	Description
Blackall Jericho sealing	Central West	There is ongoing program of projects to seal the Blackall Jericho Road.
Cornish Creek replacement	Central West	Replacement of a timber bridge at Cornish Creek on the Aramac – Torres Creek Road.
Diamantina Developmental Road seal	Central West	There is an ongoing project to seal the Diamantina Developmental Road between Bedourie and Boulia.
Flood damage restoration program	Mackay/Whitsunday, Central West, North West, Northern, Far North	Flood damage restoration works on sections of the road network that were damaged as a result of monsoonal flooding from either cyclones Ellie or Charlotte in early 2009. Covers five Main Roads regions, north and west of Mackay.