Charters Towers

Charters Towers was founded after gold had been discovered there, and has many gorgeous buildings built with the great wealth discovered there.  In its heyday in 1899 it was the second largest town in Queensland and was nicknamed 'The World'.

Now it has just on 9000 people and its four main sources of income are education, agriculture, mining and tourism. Why education, I hear you ask?  It has three large boarding schools, which service the outlying towns which don't have high schools. Charters Towers also played a major role during World War II.

My favourite experience here was the Texas longhorn cattle station.

Our tour with Lynda got us up close to their gorgeous cattle and their Guiness book of records steer JR, with his record 3m horn span!

They also have some Watusi crossed with longhorn,

Bison

Buffalo

and shade camoflaged Scottish Highlander cattle.

A great morning!