Where does it really go?

Charters Towers has a country charm about it, albeit an impressive one due to the imposing buildings remaining from the gold rush days. We walked part of the "One Square Mile" to see the more impressive buildings and we were particularly taken with the Stock Exchange Arcade - the coffee was pretty good too.

Stock Exchange Arcade:

Originally the Bank of Commerce now part of the World Theatre cultural complex:

The Post Office:

There was plenty of water flowing over the Burdekin Weir:

Though not so much water was visible 20k out of town at Macrossan rest area:

The flood marker near Macrossan shows just how high the Burdekin floods have reached:

There were many more discoveries in our drive/walk around town. A few of our favourites were ....

The Columbia Poppet Head:

Interesting property names:

And a sign saying where a road doesn't go but fails to tell you where it does: