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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Savannahlander departs Mount Surprise:

To Forsayth Thursday 12:15 pm
To Cairns Saturday 8:15 am
 
Mount Surprise | Print |

Approaching Mt Surprise
Approaching Mt Surprise
Ezra Firth took up Mount Surprise sheep run in 1861. Firth converted to cattle after selling his sheep profitably on the new Palmer River Goldfield in 1873. When the Etheridge Railway was built from Almaden to Forsayth in 1910, the Queensland Government resumed a section of the property for Mount Surprise township. In the same year the Junction Creek telegraph office, built in 1871, was moved to the town.

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