Map of Charters Towers, QLD

Charters Towers on High Street in Queensland is a town about 1070km northwest of Brisbane (show me). With a population of around 8,500, Charters Towers is a medium sized town for Australia. Charters Towers is at an altitude of approximately 320m. The nearest sea is the Coral Sea which is part of the South Pacific Ocean about 110km north-northeast of Charters Towers.

The nearest more populous place is the city of Thuringowa which is 97km away with a population of about 120,000 (show me a map with Charters Towers and Thuringowa).

Charters Towers is on the intersection of High Street and Gill Street.

Bonzle users have said that the facilities at Charters Towers include an airstrip / landing strip, caravan park or parks, college, community centre, cricket pitch, fire & rescue service, fire station, health centre, high school, library, playing fields, police station, primary school, railway station, showground, swimming pool and tennis courts. Do you know of other facilities available at Charters Towers? Is this list accurate? Contribute your knowledge by clicking here.

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Bonzle users have reported that the following vermin (feral animals, insects and weeds) have invaded Charters Towers: cane toad and rubber vine. Do you know of other feral animals, insects and weeds that have invaded Charters Towers? Is this list accurate? Contribute your knowledge by clicking here.

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Panoramic view of Charters Towers, ca. 1906
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