Car Rental Emerald - Cheap Discount Car Hire - Special Deals and Offers.
Emerald is situated on the intersection of the Capricorn Highway and
the Gregory Highway section of the Great Inland Way. It looks
relatively new for a country town that was established in 1879 as a
base for the building of the western railway. This is because of
devastating fires in 1936, 1940,1954 and 1968. These disastrous
events combined with the much more welcome construction of the
Fairbairn Dam and the Emerald Irrigation Scheme in 1972, and the
beginning of large scale Bowen Basin coal mining in 1977, shaped the
town into what you see today.
Built
in 1900 and restored in 1986, the National Trust listed Railway
Station with its wrought iron lacework and pillared portico is
without doubt Emerald's most photographed attraction. At the Emerald
Town Hall view a fossilised tree aged 250 million years.
Visit
the world's biggest Van Gogh sunflower painting on an easel in
Morton Park - at the western end of Clermont Street, near the
Visitor Information Centre - and walk the 100 metre heritage
pathway.
BARGAIN WHEELS CAR RENTAL will provide you with a reliable,
reasonable price vehicle for the drive north to get a view of the
irrigation area activities; east to see the Agricultural College or
animal sanctuary and cotton farm; south to Gindie to see the first
tractor on the Central Highlands or visit a large grain and beef
property; or west to take a look at the horticultural farms -
including the 2PH Farm citrus orchard which is one of the largest in
the Southern Hemisphere - on your way to Lake Maraboon and the
Fairbairn Dam.
If you
want to really immerse yourself in the local Emerald and Central
Highlands culture, that can include a tour of the School of Distance
Education and a native flower farm, then a personalised conducted
tour departing from the Emerald Railway Station is the way to go.
Go
with Bargain Wheels for car rental Emerald.
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