SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2016 9am-12pm
Cardwell Bush Telegraph, the oldest building in the North, celebrates the joining of the North Coast Railway from the south and the north in 1924.
Displays in the telegraph office and museum shed tell stories of the construction of the line, and the changes the railway brought. War-time troop trains and the bustling refreshment rooms of that era are remembered.
Displays include railway equipment and stories from the men who worked here.
Historic Cardwell Station is also just across the street.
Presented by:
Cardwell Bush Telegraph Heritage Centre and Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Saturday 23 April 2016
Start Time: 9am
End Time: 12pm
Cardwell Bush Telegraph
53 Victoria Street
Cardwell 4849 QLD
Free
Morning Tea will be available from 10am; provided by the Cardwell & District Historical Society
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- Disused rail carriage used for Sunday School at McLaughlin’s home in 1970s
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- Allan Schmidt & Ernie Hewston @ Kennedy Railway Station 1949
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- Cardwell Railway Refreshment Rooms staff 1946
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- Railway and refreshment rooms 1930s or 1940s!