Skip to content

Outback Life

Cobb and Co winding across Longreach Common
10 fascinating facts of Cobb & Co stagecoach history
Cobb & Co stagecoaches ran in Queensland for almost 60 years between 1865 and 1924. The Outback Pioneers Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience lets you experience what it was like
Read more
Nogo Station homestead surrounded by barren, parched countryside
Tourism and wool – partners in survival at Nogo Station
To survive the outback has always taken resilience and adaptability. That has been truer than ever during the harshest drought in living memory, which has lasted five years from 2013.
Read more
Arnos Wall, Winton
10 traditional outback reuse and recycle tips
Resources have always been scarce in the outback and pioneers were experts in creative ways to make-do, mend and reinvent. It still a mindset that comes naturally to us here.
Read more
The wonderful Whitey banner
The wonderful Whitey – a horse with heart!
Of all the animal stars of the Outback Pioneers experiences, there’s one that continues to fascinate guests and win their hearts. Whitey, the cremello stallion.
Read more
Close up of horses hooves
A new life for old horses in the Cobb & Co team
If you’ve been on the Outback Pioneers Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience, have you ever wondered about the horses we choose and what’s involved in training them? Here’s the story for horse-lovers everywhere.
Read more
Special interest groups painting class
The outback is full of creative inspiration
Most artists’ and writers’ groups tend to be in the bigger towns and cities, where inspiration comes from urban situations, nearby rainforest and ocean.
Read more