Bobawaba
Located in Yuru Country beside the Bruce Highway on the North Coast railway line, 34 kilometres southeast of Ayr, 27 kilometres from Home Hill and 74 kilometres west-northwest of Bowen, Bobawaba became the terminus of a railway line running north from Bowen via Guthalungra on 1 October 1891. After a twelve-year hiatus while various interest groups debated where the line should go from there, the Queensland Government leased the line to Bowen's abattoir — cattle bound there comprised most of the line's freight — in 1903. Queensland's Railway Department took the line back the following year. An extension to Home Hill opened in July 1913. When the low-level Burdekin Bridge opened on 1 September 1913, the link between Bowen and Townsville was complete.
Sources:
- Google Maps (Location, directions and distances — my measurements)
- Wikipedia: North Coast line, Queensland chronological opening dates
