Charters Towers – Undara

Arriving in Charters Towers 4:30pm late for us but glad to have booked as park is full. Early night, well they all as caravanners are early to bed and late to rise! Ha Ha well that is my story and am sticking to it.

Washing first then out to see the town, very surprised as how widespread it is. Plenty to see! Our first stop are murals on the other side of town. Cannot believe that they are tiny tiles made into the history of Charters Towers, a mosaic work of art.

We keep walking and come to Titley’s Country Clothing! Wow Elizabeth & Marlie would be jealous and the variety of colours and designs of the stock boots. Very fancy to the plain. Hats and shirts have a mighty big display as well.

Groceries then a relaxing rest of the day, a little bit of inkle looming & reading.

Friends from Lely days, Clive & Linda arrive from Emerald on their trip to the north. Lovely to see them as it would be 20 years. Cameron cooked tea for us all & salad from Linda, a wonderful catch up.

A visit to the info centre and a wander around the city centre and the beautiful old and well maintained buildings. A few murals as well.

A visit to Tower Hill for sunset a picnic of nibble and a dash of alcohol to set the pace of the night. A lovely warm and peaceful evening with friends and an excellent sunset.

A visit to the Ambulance museum, seeing memorabilia was fascinating even a short movie about the murder in town between mining executives, silent movies.

A walk to the memorial for a mining disaster where 7 miners died when a fire broke out 871 metres underground. Very impressive walk with a glass fixture on the deck shows a mine shaft, due to sun very hard to see.

World War ll bunkers are our next stop and how impressive display a short documentary a bombing raid on a destroyer by Americans in a Dakota over the Coral Sea. Another glass display where a visual display of bombs are being dropped and the conversation between pilots and bomb personnel. We are suitably impressed with Charters Towers tourism, walking paths galore and info boards at all points of interest with facts & figures…

Pack up ready for our next stop Greenvale, some 200 kms.

Along the way we see a group of camels, so a photo shoot.

Staying at the Greenvale Hotel made famous by Slim Dusty, Three Rivers Hotel.

Leaving Greenvale to “The Lynd” fuel up, needed to wait as there were drillers fueling up with 30,000 litres and then the fuel tanker topping up, hoping enough fuel left for us!!!!

Short day arriving at Discovery Resort Undara just after lunch….