Top Things to do in Charters Towers
Top Restaurants in Charters Towers
Things to do in Charters Towers, Queensland: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Charters Towers, Australia including Leahton Park, Venus Battery, Stock Exchange Arcade, Towers Hill Lookout, Buckland's Hill.
Restaurants in Charters Towers
1. Leahton Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 32 reviews
Leahton Park is a beautifully presented 1100 acre property situated 10km by sealed road from Charters Towers. It is home to the following: Leahton Park Country Cabins - comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation. Texas Longhorn Wagon Tours & Safaris - horse drawn wagon rides viewing the largest herd of purebred Texas Longhorn cattle in Australia and also JR, the Guinness World Record horned steer. Bethel Saddlery - hand crafted saddles and tack.
Reviewed By johnsS512AF - Koondrook, Australia
If you only have time to see one attraction in Charters Towers, do this tour. We just fluked it that we were to visit them on a Wednesday when they do their wagon tour. The owner is an Aussie but he seems to know more about the history of these cattle than the Texans do. The cattle here are direct descendants of the millions of Texas Longhorns that walked the great trail herds from Texas in the late 1800’s, and this is the home of the largest herd of these cattle in Australia. The tour of the farm was magnificent with Mick telling many a story along the way, some may have been true and others were definitely not. We started with smoko served from their authentic Chuck Wagon, consisting of billy tea and damper, backed up with Anzac biscuits and homemade Chocolate Texas Brownies. As there are no unrelated Texas Longhorn bulls in Australia, Mick’s wife Lynda went to vet school to learn how to artificially inseminate their cows. She showed us through their “Love Shack” and gave us a detailed description on how the process is done. They produce about 30 calves a year. The farm also has Asian Water Buffalo, American Bison, Scottish Highlanders and African Watusi. The highlight of the tour is the ride on their covered wagon, drawn by 2 Percheron draft horses which takes you down amongst the cattle. The pride of their herd is a steer called JR who made it into the 2013 Guiness Book of World Records for having the longest horns measured tip to tip of all cattle in the world. His horns are still growing and now measure more than 3 metres from tip to tip.
2. Venus Battery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 100 reviews
Located on the outskirts of Charters Towers, the Venus Gold Battery offers an insight into the incredible Australian gold rush of the late nineteenth century.
Reviewed By 362johnl362 - Frankfurt, Germany
Our guide was very knowledgeable and have is a great tour of the battery and surrounds. Well worth doing. Value for money
3. Stock Exchange Arcade
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 109 reviews
Built to a design by Mark Cooper Day as the Royal Arcade, the Charters Towers Stock Exchange operated here from 1890 until 1916. The building houses many local Charters Towers businesses and the National Trust of Queensland Don Roderick Art Gallery. A rare example of an arcade in Queensland, one with architecture adapted to climate and well-liked for its scale and barrel-vault entrance, the Stock Exchange Arcade is indicative of the rise and fall of fortune on the nineteenth century goldfield.
Reviewed By Geddes_7
A visit to Charters Towers and such landmarks as the Stock Exchange Arcade will be rewarded. The Arcade is rich in history and the story of the town and its Stock Exchange is well told. A walk through the streets of Charters Towers is a walk through history. The town is relatively well preserved. Overall, I wished I had allocated more time to visit.
4. Towers Hill Lookout
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By ready_travellers
Wow! Charters Towers is an incredibly amazing town. Starting life when gold was discovered in 1872, and become a critical location in World War II. The local There are 27 bunkers preserved on the hill - some with interactive displays. The look-out is well-signed and identifies local places of interest. This is a stunning location to observe the sunset. Kids will love playing geocaching available as an app. Nature lovers will delight in seeing the local wallabies early or late in the day. Congratulations to the local council for making this an exceptional attraction for all. We recommend visiting a couple of times to experience everything on offer, and to wear your walking shoes, and bring a hat.
