Today's northern road network benefited from 1970s Beef Roads scheme

By Andrew Higgins, Csiro
June 24 2016 - 10:50am
Road use: The CSIRO has been keeping track of the number of vehicles carrying cattle, dairy, pigs, grains, cotton and sugar on north Queensland roads.
Road use: The CSIRO has been keeping track of the number of vehicles carrying cattle, dairy, pigs, grains, cotton and sugar on north Queensland roads.

North Queensland, with a population of less than 600,000 (north of Rockhampton), boasts an extensive road network that is vital for a wide variety of uses, including industry and tourism.

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