Our Region

The Central Highlands is part of sunny Queensland, Australia, and is located, as the name suggests, in the centre of the state. The Tropic of Capricorn runs laterally through the Central Highlands.

The Central Highlands Region

The Central Highlands region is located in Central Queensland and includes the major townships of Emerald, Springsure, Rolleston, Duaringa, Blackwater, Capella, Tieri and the Sapphire Gemfields. The region covers a significant section of the Bowen Basin, an area of coal reserves and mining related communities that extends over approximately 60 000 square kilometers of Central Queensland. This is the largest coal reserve in Australia, extracting over 100 million tonnes annually and representing Queensland’s most important export commodity.

The Central Highlands is rich in mineral and agriculture,
and boasts the largest sapphire producing fields in the Southern Hemisphere. The region produces cattle, cotton, grain, citrus and more recently table grapes, thanks to irrigation from water storage on the Nogoa and Comet rivers. The Central Highlands region contains major freight routes, including the north-south link between Charters Towers and northern New South Wales which has been identified as an inland alternative between Cairns and Melbourne.

Check out the video below to see what the Central Highlands has to offer!