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Prairie

Queensland, Australia

Prairie is a small town on the Flinders Highway, located 200 kms from Charters Towers. Population about 50. It was an old Cobb & Co Coach change centre

Places to see and things to do

  • have a drink at the Prairie Hotel, with its unique atmosphere. You may see a ghost if you are lucky (or unlucky!)
  • take a drive to the nearby Koorooringa Falls nature reserve.
  • 10km away there are remains of a WWII military site.
  • Prairie was once famous for sausages, but they can now be found at the butcher in Hughenden.
  • 65 kms way os the Porcupine Gorge.

Prairie
Hughenden

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