Charters Towers - A hill & an Oval

Latest Running:
Tuesday:
Where- Bluewater Rest Area - north of Townsville, Qld
Dist: 8.25 km in 47'44" at 5' 47"
Friday:
Where: Charters Towers, Qld
Dist: 9.2 km in 52'06" at 5' 39"
Today:
Dist: 9.3 km in 46' 10" at 4' 48"
Weather: sunny, temps 21-24 degrees, humidity 50%, wind calm to ESE 10 kmph

Charters Towers is a nice outback country town with history dating back to the gold rush of 1871. At it's peak, there were 65 hotels & 15 crushing mills and one of the  the first regional Stock Exchanges in Aust. The building is still standing at the top end of town.
During WW2, a military holding base for ammunition was established with bunkers dug into the hill and hidden. Around 15000 American soldiers were based here to guard the stores.
At this time of year, many of us "grey nomads" pass through, but in the middle of summer, the scorching heat keeps the visitor numbers down.
Yesterday, I ran to the top of the hill, not much difficulty with the climb of 100 metres, but it does give great views of the town and surrounds.
Today, with 4 cricket ovals across the road from the park, I ran laps of 2 of them, nice grass and good enough to run bare feet. There has been next to no rain here for a long time, the ground is hard, not as good as Calwell in summer. However, it's good to be back in touch with mother nature.
Nice town Charters Towers, we are staying a week before heading towards Winton & Longreach.