Sarina - Culture and History

Sarina (including Sarina Beach)
Sugar industry township surrounded by interesting environmental parks.
It seems that one of the truisms about the Queensland coast is that if a town, by luck or good fortune, is located on the coast it has become a major tourist attraction. If, however, it is located in the coastal hinterland it remains underdeveloped and very much driven by the sugar industry which created it. Sarina is a perfect case of this. Located 13 km from Sarina Beach (990 km north of Brisbane, 32 km south of Mackay and 15 m above sea level) it is a small sugar town. Consequently the attractions of the region tend to be around the town rather than within it. The main attraction in the town is the alcohol distillery at the local sugar mill - and this is industrial alcohol, not the sort of stuff which can be imbibed at the local pub.

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Sarina - Eat

Sarina (including Sarina Beach)
Sugar industry township surrounded by interesting environmental parks.
It seems that one of the truisms about the Queensland coast is that if a town, by luck or good fortune, is located on the coast it has become a major tourist attraction. If, however, it is located in the coastal hinterland it remains underdeveloped and very much driven by the sugar industry which created it. Sarina is a perfect case of this. Located 13 km from Sarina Beach (990 km north of Brisbane, 32 km south of Mackay and 15 m above sea level) it is a small sugar town. Consequently the attractions of the region tend to be around the town rather than within it. The main attraction in the town is the alcohol distillery at the local sugar mill - and this is industrial alcohol, not the sort of stuff which can be imbibed at the local pub.

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Sarina - Sleep

Sarina (including Sarina Beach)
Sugar industry township surrounded by interesting environmental parks.
It seems that one of the truisms about the Queensland coast is that if a town, by luck or good fortune, is located on the coast it has become a major tourist attraction. If, however, it is located in the coastal hinterland it remains underdeveloped and very much driven by the sugar industry which created it. Sarina is a perfect case of this. Located 13 km from Sarina Beach (990 km north of Brisbane, 32 km south of Mackay and 15 m above sea level) it is a small sugar town. Consequently the attractions of the region tend to be around the town rather than within it. The main attraction in the town is the alcohol distillery at the local sugar mill - and this is industrial alcohol, not the sort of stuff which can be imbibed at the local pub.

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Proserpine - Fast Facts

Proserpine
Historic sugar cane township.
There are a number of towns along the Queensland coast which came into existence specifically to serve the sugar industry in the region. They are, by any conventional definition, functional towns characterised by dozens of small railway tracks all leading towards the sugar crushing mills. It is an accident of their existence that in modern times they have missed out on the tourism boom which has converted so much of the Queensland coast into a tropical paradise. Such is the case with Proserpine.

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Proserpine - Culture and History

Proserpine
Historic sugar cane township.
There are a number of towns along the Queensland coast which came into existence specifically to serve the sugar industry in the region. They are, by any conventional definition, functional towns characterised by dozens of small railway tracks all leading towards the sugar crushing mills. It is an accident of their existence that in modern times they have missed out on the tourism boom which has converted so much of the Queensland coast into a tropical paradise. Such is the case with Proserpine.

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Proserpine - Places to See

Proserpine
Historic sugar cane township.
There are a number of towns along the Queensland coast which came into existence specifically to serve the sugar industry in the region. They are, by any conventional definition, functional towns characterised by dozens of small railway tracks all leading towards the sugar crushing mills. It is an accident of their existence that in modern times they have missed out on the tourism boom which has converted so much of the Queensland coast into a tropical paradise. Such is the case with Proserpine.

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Proserpine - Eat

Proserpine
Historic sugar cane township.
There are a number of towns along the Queensland coast which came into existence specifically to serve the sugar industry in the region. They are, by any conventional definition, functional towns characterised by dozens of small railway tracks all leading towards the sugar crushing mills. It is an accident of their existence that in modern times they have missed out on the tourism boom which has converted so much of the Queensland coast into a tropical paradise. Such is the case with Proserpine.

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Proserpine - Sleep

Proserpine
Historic sugar cane township.
There are a number of towns along the Queensland coast which came into existence specifically to serve the sugar industry in the region. They are, by any conventional definition, functional towns characterised by dozens of small railway tracks all leading towards the sugar crushing mills. It is an accident of their existence that in modern times they have missed out on the tourism boom which has converted so much of the Queensland coast into a tropical paradise. Such is the case with Proserpine.

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