Visit the Australian Sugar Industry Museum at Mourilyan, then do The Innisfail Town Walk to discover the Art Deco capital of Australia. From Cairns, travel on Kuranda Scenic Rail, an engineering feat of the 1880s involving up to 1500 men building the railway track, tunnels and bridges by hand. The Atherton Tablelands became the largest military base in Australia hosting up to 300,000 troops during World War 2. Fly in an ex-military aircraft at Warbird Adventures at Mareeba Airport, pay your respects at the Rocky Creek War Memorial Park near Tolga and follow the memorial markers throughout the Tablelands. Visit the century-old Hou Wang Temple at Atherton to discover the region's Chinese history. Take the Heritage Walk though Herberton, the oldest town on the Tablelands, and visit Herberton Historical Village where restored shops, homes and businesses dating back to the 1870s have been filled with memorabilia. Heritage-listed Irvinebank has architecture from the turn of the last century and Tyrconnell Mine features restored miners' cottages and a working 120-year-old gold ore stamper. Explore what's left of the Mt Mulligan township where 75 miners died in a mining disaster under the shadow of the magnificent mountain known as Queensland's Uluru.