Matilda Way: Cunnamulla to Mount Isa with a caravan or motorhome
The Matilda Way runs 1,366 km from Cunnamulla to Mount Isa. With a car and caravan, you're looking at about 20 hours behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Cunnamulla · Charleville · Augathella · Barcaldine · Longreach · Winton · Cloncurry · Mount Isa
Is the Matilda Way OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- No long climbs: the steepest kilometre is about 4%.
- The longest run with no fuel station on our map is 195 km, from km 3. Fill up before it.
- Road reports change daily out here. Motocamp checks Queensland Transport and Main Roads for the day you travel.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 1,366 km | 1,366 km |
| Driving time | about 20 hours | about 19 hours |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under 1 km | under 1 km |
| Total climb | 2,471 m | 2,471 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 195 km | 195 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Charleville · km 200
- Blackall · km 503
- Barcaldine · km 610
- Longreach · km 717
- Winton · km 897
- Mount Isa · km 1,366
Caravan parks on the way
- Warrego Riverside Tourist Park · km 0
- Red Lizard Campground · km 192
- Charleville Bush Caravan Park · km 201
- Tambo Cabin & Caravan Park · km 402
- Barcoo Hotel Caravan Park · km 503
- Barcaldine Showground Caravan Park · km 610
- Muddy Duck Tourist Park · km 723
- Royal Hotel Campground · km 897
- Blue Heeler Caravan Park · km 1,061
- Oasis Caravan Park · km 1,243
- Mount Isa Caravan Park · km 1,364
- AAOK Moondarra Caravan Park · km 1,366
- and 22 more in the app
Free camps on the way
- Blackall East Rest Area · km 493
- Barcaldine South Rest Area · km 581 · caravans OK
- Packsaddle Creek Rest Area · km 640 · caravans OK
- Morella Rest Area · km 785 · caravans OK
- Chorregon Rest Area · km 829 · caravans OK
National park and other campgrounds
- Nardoo Station · km 38
- Augathella Diggers Rodeo Grounds - Events Only · km 284 · fees apply
- Barcoo River Camp · km 401
- Barcoo River Camp (Blackall) · km 503 · fees apply
- Ilfracombe Van Park · km 690 · fees apply
- Apex Park Bush Camp · km 722
- Long Waterhole · km 896
- Ascot Rest Area · km 991
- Burke & Wills Memorial Rest Area (Corella River) · km 1,290
- Mary Kathleen Canning Grounds · km 1,308
- and 25 more in the app
Rest areas
- Motorist and Heavy Vehicle Rest Area (shared) with facilities · km 2 · toilets · water
- Augathella Rest Area - Warrego Park · km 284
- E E PARR O.B.E Park · km 402 · toilets · water
- Motorist Rest Area with facilities · km 503 · toilets · water
- Packsaddle Creek Rest Area · km 640
- Newstead Creek Rest Area · km 685
- Rotary park · km 718 · water
- Leander Rest Area · km 741
- Cloncurry Rest Area · km 1,243
- Mary Kathleen Rest Area · km 1,315
- and 18 more in the app
Dump points
- at Charleville Bush Caravan Park · km 201
- Brassington Park · km 283
- at Tambo Cabin & Caravan Park · km 402
- at Tambo Mill Motel and Caravan Park · km 402
- at Muddy Duck Tourist Park · km 723
- Dump Point · km 895
- at Sunset Tourist Park · km 1,365
Fuel stops
- BP Cunnamulla · km 1
- Lowes Cunnamulla · km 3
- BP Charleville · km 200
- BP · km 502
- Lyn Davies Mobil Cafe · km 610
- Shell Longreach Service Centre · km 718
- McKinlay Roadhouse · km 1,137
- Australian Fuel Distributors Depot · km 1,245
- Coles Express · km 1,365
- United · km 1,366
- and 11 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.