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Charters Towers
Charters Towers, Queensland
A well-preserved gold-boom town with grand buildings and a small world theatre.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
In its day, Charters Towers was Queensland's second-biggest city thanks to gold. Many of the original banks, hotels and theatres still stand. Walk the main streets and finish at the Towers Hill lookout.
Good to know
- Venus Battery tours show how gold was processed
- Look for the heritage markers on the main street
- Getting there
- Town centre
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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