Your Barcoo Way adventure drive begins in Tambo, the oldest town in the west! Well okay…..Western Queensland. Tambo is also the nearest town to the confluence point of the Barcoo River, the theme of this drive. Tambo is about a 862 km drive north west of Brisbane along the Landsborough Highway. However, if you are looking for a spectacular entrance into Tambo, we’d recommend that you follow the Dawson Development Road from Springsure. This is around a 221km drive along a mix of sealed and unsealed surfaces. This section of the drive forms the top section of Tambo’s Wilderness Way 4WD loop drive. You’ll understand why this area of spectacular rugged beauty is known as the ‘Rooftop of Queensland’ as you pass by deep gorges and vast chalk-coloured cliff lines.