Day 29 - Charter Towers

We had breakfast at the stock exchange in City. Next door was the information centre so we visited it. Learnt some of the history of start of Charter Towers. 

We then walked down the main St taking photos of the old buildings and checking out the stores. The stock in them was interesting as it catered for expensive and less expensive tastes.

We then ventured to attraction the "hill" overlooking the city. It was well worth the visit as there was audiovisual displays of the involvment in the American flying to Coral sea battles and Kokoda trail. The aerodrome was used. The hill is dotted with deserted bunkers (some can be visited) indicated the importance of the site.

The evening meal was interesting as the barman was a local and filled us in with the latest developments for Charter Towers. Most of the mining is for gold and he seemed to think that is being developed into new ventures...also the aerodrome is going to be upgraded plus a new bridge over the Burdekin river. So it will be worth watching the development.