Forsayth - Savannahlander - Cairns to Chillagoe, Undara, Forsayth and Cobbold Gorge weekly

This one is for those more interested in the train trip than the tours, but who still demand a high standard of accommodation. Included is a tour of Chillagoe caves, dinner and ... read more

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Forsayth

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Forsayth Station

Originally known as Finnigan's Camp after the prospector who discovered gold nearby in 1871. Within a year the settlement had become Charleston township, and it continued to grow despite near desertion when its inhabitants rushed to the Palmer River Goldfield in 1874 and to the Hodgkinson in 1876. After a slump in the mid-1880s the township was again a flourishing centre by the mid-1890s, having five hotels, a school and a court of petty sessions.