Ayr
Located 188 kilometres south of Townsville on the Bruce Highway in Bindal country, Ayr is the administrative centre for the Burdekin Shire Council and the commercial hub of an extensive agricultural area extending inland from the Burdekin Delta that uses underground water from an extensive aquifer and water from the Burdekin Dam to irrigate sugar cane and a variety of other crops, including mangoes, melons, salad vegetables and rice, and beef cattle.
