Three years ago a smash repairer from Logan took a punt and bought an isolated pub way out in Betoota. Now, he’s living the dream. Logan smash repairer Robbo Haken took a punt in 2017 and bought the ...

Hundreds of people poured into a far south-west Queensland ghost town over the weekend for the start of the Simpson Desert Race carnival. The renowned outback carnival started with the Betoota Races, ...

THE western Queensland ghost town of Betoota will come alive on Friday as the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival kicks off but there’s a big problem. But the one cloud on the horizon is the fate of the ...

POPULATION: Zero. Located in the middle of a stark desert lies this lonely town, where nobody wants to live. So what went wrong? 170 kilometres east of the nearest populated town, Birdsville, Betoota ...

THIS Aussie outback town has been completely deserted for 14 years, but now the lights of famous Betoota Hotel are set to light up this tiny town once more. The town of Betoota lies 170km east of ...

It’s the tiny town that’s gained a cult following. But did you know that Betoota is literally a town with no beer? Well, that’s about to change. The new owner of the Betoota Hotel, Logan smash repair ...

Forget the race that stops a nation, this is the race that starts a town. The Betoota races, held over two days in far-western Queensland about 33 kilometres north of the South Australian border, are ...

As a proud Gympie-ite, we are immensely chuffed to have a home grown rugby league talent playing State of Origin. But we’re not 100 per sure about some of the other things Betoota reckons we’re famous ...

The planning opening of the Betoota Hotel in time for this weekend’s annual race meet has been postponed. Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at ...

Three years ago a smash repairer from Logan took a punt and bought an isolated pub way out in Betoota. Now, he’s living the dream. Logan smash repairer Robbo Haken took a punt in 2017 and bought the ...