Mackay – surrounded by sugarcane fields and known as the sugar capital of Australia, population 80,000 which is a metropolis in regional Australia. Two unusual features of the city are the many Art Deco buildings and the mural on the Levee wall showing the history of the Mackay region, it took five minutes for me to walk along the wall making a video. There is a dark side to Mackay’s history when Blackbirders were used to enslave Pacific islanders to work in the sugarcane fields.

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The Leichhardt Tree, over 160 years old

Paxton Warehouse now Markets

The Levee Wall Mural

Watch the Video

Pioneer River

In need of TLC

Roots

James Croker started CSR

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Police

Courts

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Town Hall

Trinity Church

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Masonic Temple

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Art Deco Clock

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Yellow Brick Road

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St. Patrick’s Church

Yuwibara People

Butterflies

Butterflies

Post Office

Once upon a time

Customs House

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Country Womens Association

Hahaha