One of the highlights of the trip was our visit to Charters Towers, just over 100kms west of Townsville. Charters Towers was once a big mining town and according to a local we met last week, there is still plenty of gold to be found.
I will include some photos. I was really surprised by one I took on the move (from the car) as I thought it was only of the vegetation. Somehow a McDonald’s sign can be seen at the side of the photo. I thought we had escaped into the outback but McDonald’s arrived there before me!
We had a great time. By the way, Charters Towers have a bakery that makes the best pasties I have eaten in a long time š
cheers
Lorraine
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Thanks for sharing this post and those beautiful photos. I’m very impressed and glad to see the preservation of such grand old buildings. I’d love to go there.
Interesting place. It’s what I imagined about Western country.
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