Betoota is a ghost town within the locality of Birdsville, in the Shire of Diamantina, in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia.

[4] Visitors are drawn to the town during the annual Simpson Desert Carnival which is held in September.

[7] The Betoota Hotel was constructed in the late 1880s and is the last remaining building in town[4] outside the race track.

[7][8][9] In 2017, Robert Haken, a smash repairer from Logan, bought the long-defunct hotel from the couple Remienko had left it to.

[12][13][14] Betoota has a number of heritage-listed sites, including a protected area known as Burke and Wills "Plant Camp".