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Boulia Camel Races 2026 Tickets On Sale
The wait is over tickets are now on sale for the legendary Boulia Camel Races 2026, and it’s time to start planning your ultimate Outback Queensland adventure in the Land of the Min Min Lights! Each year, the remote town of Boulia transforms into the beating heart of the Channel Country, welcoming travellers from across…
Read MoreWhat to Bring to Boulia Camel Races: The ultimate packing guide for your Outback adventure!
Every July, the small Outback Queensland town of Boulia comes alive with the thunder of (camel) hooves, cheers of spectators, and the uniquely wild spirit of the Boulia Camel Races! Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or a first-time visitor, prepping for this iconic three-day event requires more than just a ticket and a hat (thought…
Read MoreBoulia Camel Races 2025: Outback Racing by Day, Live Music by Night!
Camel racing may be the main event, but when the sun dips behind the red dirt and the stars come out, Boulia Camel Races 2025 transforms into a full-blown Outback festival — and the music lineup is just as wild as the camel races themselves! This year’s event is serving up two massive nights of…
Read MoreGunna Wins Australia’s Melbourne Cup of Camel Races in an emotional race for jockey Matt Anderson
Gunna won Australia’s longest camel race with a strong finish today, witnessed by over 3,100 travellers flooding the tiny town of Boulia in Outback Queensland. Touted the Melbourne Cup of Camel Races, it was an ecstatic victory for jockey Matt Anderson, camel Gunna and trainer Wayne Morris with a strong leading win in the 1200m…
Read MoreBoulia Camel Races on the home stretch to July!
Amidst a tough time for events around the country with many recent announcements of cancellations, the tiny town of Boulia in Outback Queensland is racing down the track to the Boulia Camel Races in July! Boulia Camel Races are held annually in July, with this year’s event set to take place from 12 –…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the Boulia Camel Races
Here in the land of the legendary Min Min Light, thousands gather annually at the Boulia Camel Races to see camels hurtle down through a plume of red dust over two days of professional camel racing. Beyond camel racing, we’ve got your outback adventure covered with live entertainment and novelty fun too, where you’re sure…
Read MoreABC BACK ROADS “Boulia” Episode Airs 24 Jan 2022
Back Roads Screens on Monday 24 January, 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview Episode 4 Boulia, Queensland “Pitta Pitta Country” What is it that draws people to the Western Queensland town of Boulia on the edge of the Simpson Desert and keeps them there? Young doctors and nurses are getting a taste of outback…
Read MoreVISITORS HUMP-IT OUTBACK FOR RETURN OF AUSTRALIA’S RICHEST CAMEL RACING
Professional camel racing is galloping back stronger than ever onto the events scene this year, with the iconic Boulia Camel Races next weekend set to welcome one of its biggest crowds as tourists ‘hump it’ to the tiny Queensland Outback town for the event. Cameleers too are eager to get back onto the sand of…
Read MoreHUMP IN THE ROAD SPURS BOULIA CAMEL RACING TOWARDS 2021
With travel to many Outback Queensland communities off limits this winter due COVID-19, Boulia Camel Races may have hit a ‘hump’ in the road for the 2020 races, but this has only spurred them on towards a big welcome back to Boulia and Outback Queensland for their ‘Melbourne Cup of Camel Races’ in July…
Read MoreNew Min Min Light Sighting!
Sightings of the mysterious Min Min Light phenomena are reported every year in Boulia. The most recent was reported to the Boulia Visitor Information Centre in May 2019… “So staying in our caravan on a property at Macsland, on our third night sitting up chatting, we saw a light heading directly towards us. Thinking it was…
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