Kuranda
Rainforest village terminus of a historic mountain railway, with markets and wildlife encounters.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Kuranda, the rainforest village above Cairns in Queensland, follows the railway line that ends at its station, and the disputed death toll behind it. Official counts land at twenty-three or thirty-two men, but locals along the line still argue the true number is far higher. You'll hear about the Irish and Italian navvies who blasted a path up the Macalister Range with picks and dynamite. Best heard standing on the platform itself.
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