Tolga
Around eight kilometres from Atherton, Tolga is a small country town with early Queensland architecture and strong connections to the Atherton Tablelands’ agricultural and timber history.
Tolga is in a partial rain shadow from the nearby Bellenden Ker Range.
A centre strip in the main street features a towering fig tree as well as a heritage and timber display consisting of seven carved poles, much like totem poles. The creative carving showcases aspects of the Atherton Tableland’s rich heritage including Indigenous culture, animals, plants and threats to the rainforest habitat.
With its range of accommodation from caravan parks, motels to a five star retreat, and displays of art work by local people it is an interesting little township.
Nearby Rocky Creek Memorial Park marks the site of a large World War Two military hospital complex, where thousands of Australian servicemen and women were treated between 1943 and 1945. Today, memorials and interpretive displays tell the story of the site and the people who served there.
