"Highway One - the road north"

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Title"Highway One - the road north"SummaryDocumentary about the Bruce Highway, and the Queensland Main Roads DepartmentContentsFootage of the Bruce Highway being opened by Joh Bjelke-Peterson -- Introduction to the program, which stresses the importance of the Bruce Highway -- Detailing of the history of Harry Bruce -- Discussion on the nature of the highway, and how plans were being made to deviate the road to South Coast resorts -- Discussion on the road from Brisbane to Gympie -- Discussion on the “hard work” done by the Queensland Main Roads Department -- Discussion on the history of Gympie, and its significance to the Queensland Gold Rush -- Discussion on the nature surrounding Bruce Highway, and Wide Bay -- Discussion on the construction of bridges by the Main Roads Department -- Discussion on the cities of Gladstone and Bundaberg -- Discussion on the ‘Old North Road’ that connected Bundaberg to Brisbane -- Discussion on the presence of the Bruce Highway in Rockhampton -- Discussion on the “Marlborough stretch” of the Bruce Highway, which is known as the “crystal highway”, and how the Main Roads Department were able to upgrade large parts of it -- Interview with Russell Hinze, who explains the success of the northern half of the Bruce Highway -- Discussion on the role of the Bruce Highway in Mackay, and how the highway between Mackay and Bowen is inadequate --Footage of a man burning sugarcane crops -- Discussion on Townsville, and the ‘tropical way’ of life it presents -- Discussion on Innisvale, and its Italian culture and sugar industry -- Discussion on Cairns -- Concluding remarks on the Bruce HighwayCorporate AuthorTripod TelemissionQueensland Main Roads DepartmentVideo File Name4020577CreditsPresenter: Jim DevineCollation1 video file (MP4) (25 Minutes) : digital ; 1GBDate11th November 1982Imprint[Townsville] : Tripod Telemission, 1982

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CollectionNorth Queensland Television Collection

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"Highway One - the road north"