But mostly it was strategic: Charleville is extremely remote and eluded radar detection. The base is no longer secret - just look for the sign.Credit: Tourism and Events Queensland “We are so ...

“With the eyes of the world turning to Queensland on our runway to 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we want to see Charleville’s World War II Secret Base on the radar of US visitors.

Tourist dollars for drought-stricken outback Queensland could come from a two-pronged plan to lure tourists to a decommissioned top-secret US air base at Charleville, and a national bilby centre.

As war raged in the Pacific, a cloak-and-dagger operation forced thousands of people in this Queensland ... existence of this secret air base, writes Dot Whittington. Charleville residents had ...

But dig a little deeper and the outback southwest Queensland ... top secret base to test the Norden, the first machine invented for bombing accuracy. According to tour guide Jane Morgan ...

As war raged in the Pacific, a cloak-and-dagger operation forced thousands of people in this Queensland ... existence of this secret air base, writes Dot Whittington. Charleville residents had ...

Tourist dollars for drought-stricken outback Queensland could come from a two-pronged plan to lure tourists to a decommissioned top-secret US air base at Charleville, and a national bilby centre.