Birdsville
Queensland, Australia · Population 110
Tools
Everything here turns on the roads: what's usually open, what travellers report right now, and — since rain is what cuts them — the water coming down the Diamantina and rising at the town gauge.
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Roads In & Out
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Track Conditions Right Now
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Is Water Coming Down the Diamantina?
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Is the Diamantina Rising?
Will Your Fuel Get You There?
Check your tank against the long stretches between fuel stops on each road into Birdsville — and see how much extra to carry.
When Can I Be Outside?
Hour-by-hour windows for outdoor time in Birdsville's heat, on the published heat and air-quality scales — in plain words.
Who to Call
Health, roads, council and fuel — the numbers Birdsville actually needs, with tappable links.
Birdsville Through the Year
What each month is really like in Birdsville — heat, the flood-cutoff season, the touring window and the two big event weekends — with plain verdicts from past-year patterns.
Rain on the Roads
Forecast rainfall on the long roads in and out of Birdsville — see rain coming before it cuts them, alongside the official road reports and weather warnings.
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Changelog
- New toolShipped Rain on the Roads
- UpdatedNoted the extended Simpson Desert closure on Roads In & Out
- New toolShipped an upstream watch for the Diamantina
- New toolAdded a live river-height gauge for the Diamantina
- New toolAdded a month-by-month guide to Birdsville's year
- New toolAdded a Roads In & Out board for the four ways to town
- New toolShipped a fuel and range planner for the roads into town
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About these tools
Town Tools builds free, public tools for Birdsville and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.