Charleville’s secret war history
1/11Gorgeous houses and buildings worth a view during a drive around Charleville in western Queensland. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
2/11Booin Gari Festival./ Noosaville Lions Park.(L-R) Francis Thinee, Ethan Edwards and Jayden Woods from Cooroy.Photo Geoff Potter / Noosa News. Picture: Geoff Potter
3/11Gorgeous houses and buildings worth a view during a drive around Charleville in western Queensland. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
4/11Gorgeous houses and buildings worth a view during a drive around Charleville in western Queensland. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
5/11Box among relics found from a once top-secret American base at the Charleville airfield in western Queensland in 1942. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
6/11Norden bomb sight now housed inside a once top-secret shelter near the Charleville airfield in western Queensland. Building was top-secret when 3500 American service men descended on the town in 1942. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
7/11Norden bomb sight shelter near the Charleville airfield in western Queensland. Building was top-secret when 3500 American service men descended on the town in 1942. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
8/11Remains of a dance hall near the Charleville airfield in western Queensland. Whole area was top-secret when 3500 American service men descended on the town in 1942. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
9/11Gorgeous houses and buildings worth a view during a drive around Charleville in western Queensland. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
10/11Gorgeous houses and buildings worth a view during a drive around Charleville in western Queensland. Photo Rae Wilson / Newsdesk. Picture: Rae Wilson
11/11Star gazing at the Charleville Cosmos Centre. Contributed. Picture: Ezra Patchett