Sister
town of Ayr, it is on the northern banks of the Burdekin River. Dependent
like so many coastal Queensland towns on sugar, Home Hill and Ayr have also
big on tourism. The Lions Diorama Museum at the southern end of the bridge
pays tribute to the pioneers of the Burdekin district, which now produces
more mangoes than Bowen.
A few kilometres upriver, the towns of Clare, Millaroo and Dalbeg are centres
of soldier settlements set up after World War II to produce tobacco.
Burdekin Bridge , at the northern end of town is a 2.4km engineering marvel because of the lack of rock foundations in the river. The Home Hill Harvest Festival is held over the first two weeks in November.
Australia 
