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Chillagoe to Mutchilba
Head west from Mareeba and the landscape changes from farmland around Mutchilba and Dimbulah to the drier savannah and limestone country of Chillagoe.
Late in the 1800s, when work was scarce and transportation was limited, miners often travelled through the region using a wheelbarrow to carry their possessions. In 2004, as a tribute to these early pioneers and their trail-blazing journeys, the road between Mareeba and Chillagoe was named the Wheelbarrow Way.
Today, a journey along the Wheelbarrow Way takes travellers through rich farmlands and wooded savannah country. All but 20 kilometres of the road close to Chillagoe are sealed, and travellers should be on the lookout for cattle and horses which wander freely across the unfenced road.
