Six kilometres out of Ayr on the highway north to Townsville, Brandon is another
link of sugar towns of northern Queensland. The Pioneer Sugar Mill and the
Sugar Experimental Station are also local attractions.
Brandon is within easy driving distance of the popular Barratta’s Creek
fishing spots and the vast Bowling Green National Park. The major town in
the area, Ayr, is joined to its twin, Home Hill, on the other side of the
Burdekin River by the famous Silver Link bridge. Completed in 1958, the 1097-metre
bridge required a unique design because allowance had to be made for the lack
of a solid river bottom
