The Overlanders Way is an Australian road route from Townsville in

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek ( wrm, Jurnkkurakurr) is town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western termin ...

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

. It has been designated by the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...

as a

State Strategic Touring Route State Strategic Touring Routes (SSTR) are road routes in Queensland, Australia, which have been identified as significant to motoring tourists. These are the primary routes used by tourists as they provide the connections between popular tourist ...

The route

The route is via the Flinders Highway to Cloncurry, and then the Barkly Highway to Tennant Creek.

Outback Queensland website

The tourism organisation "Outback Queensland" has established a website titled "Overlanders Way" that provides some information about each of the following segments: * Townsville to Charters Towers (intersection with

Gregory Highway The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland. The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer. Route description The highway runs southward from ...

(

Great Inland Way The Great Inland Way is an Australian road route from Sydney, New South Wales to Cairns in Queensland. It has been designated by the Queensland Government as a State Strategic Touring Route. The route The New South Wales section is from Syd ...

)) * Charters Towers to Hughenden * Hughenden to

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

* Richmond to Julia Creek * Julia Creek to Cloncurry (intersections with Landsborough Highway and Burke Developmental Road ( Matilda Way)) * Cloncurry to Mount Isa * Mount Isa to Camooweal

References

{{Road infrastructure in Queensland State Strategic Touring Routes in Queensland