Outback Queensland Map

Name: Outback Queensland Map
Brand: Hema Maps - Maps
SKU: 9781922668769
Price: 14.95 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)

Description

Outback Queensland (QLD) contains mapping and visitor information for one of the most iconic regions in Australia. Mapping at a scale of 1:1,500,000 covers from the inland borders to Toowoomba in the east and Charters Towers in the north, with hill shading and elevation tinting creating a more realistic interpretation of the landscape within the region.

Marked on the map are:

points of interest
camping areas
caravan parks
Fuel
Key touring routes.

Accompanying the mapping is extensive visitor information for the Channel Country, Matilda Country and the Overlanders Way, with a town and locality index in addition to necessary contact details covering the majority of information for touring the region. Also included are maps of Bladensburg, Idalia, Currawinya, Diamantina and Carnarvon Gorge national parks.

Key Features

GPS surveyed roads & tracks
National parks
Camping areas
Fuel Stops
Key touring routes

Key Specifications

Edition: 5th

Publication Date: 30/05/23

Scale: 1:1,500,000

Folded size (WxHxD): 140mm x 250mm x 3mm

Flat size (WxH): 700mm x 1000mm

Weight: 0.09kgs

Great maps

Haven't had a chance to study it yet but have bought HEMA prior and know the quality

Outback Queensland

Great map nicely detailed certainly still good to have paper based maps when planning outback trips

Latest State Maps a disappointment

I have always loved my Hema Maps and have purchased a lot of the of the State Maps and Regional Maps as well as a lot of. their map books. The are fairly tough and are moderately waterproof. The fold and unfold well. Based on a few recent map updates such as the Queensland Outback Map, in my opinion the usability of the recent Hema maps have gone backwards. They have felt the need to include all the camping and other icons for many towns (ie the icons blocks for fuel, airport, petrol, rest area. water, caravan, telephone etc etc) as well what they used to provide which was information centre, medical etc. In doing this Hema are forced to squeeze the names of many places into a very tight space or overlap the roads. In addition, many of the place names for major towns such as Charleville, Longreach, St George etc are no longer in bold so they are much harder to spot. and in some cases cramped into a small space between road names & icon boxes.

In any case, most people have alternate online methods to find out where the camping grounds/caravan parks are and work out how much they cost (eg Wikicamps). This was obvious when myself and three others were planning an outback trip recently and I thought I was doing well to bring the new 5th edition Regional Map for Outback Queensland. Two others had their 4th edition. We quickly realised the 4th edition one was much easier for us to use and there was enough white space for us to make s few notes,

So, my rating for the previous "Outback Queensland" map was 5 stars but I would rate the new one 3 stars.