Charters Towers.........

Spent the week in Charters Towers an old gold mining town full of  history and amazing old buildings.

We took a guided walking tour around the town which was really interesting.

The post office was very grand.

We watched the Melbourne Cup race in an old pub with a beer or two!

The Stock Exchange was truly amazing and had been restored as accurately as possible.

This is the view from Tower Hill where the first gold was discovered by a young aboriginal boy.

Gorgeous rock wallabies appeared as we watched the sunset over the town.

Old relics from the gold rush.

This is Malcolm who showed us through the Venus Battery where the gold was processed.

This morning we headed out of town to watch the action packed Northern Queensland Dirt Racing event.

There were lots of thrills and spills...........

........red dirt and grunting V8's.

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