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Artillery Command Post & lookout over Magnetic Island National Park

Artillery Command Post & lookout over Magnetic Island National Park

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Artillery Command Post & lookout over Magnetic Island National Park

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Magnetic Island National Park

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Location: Queensland, Australia

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Andrus

June 5, 2026

One look of the panoramic view from here and you'll understand why this was chosen as the command post for the artillery battery that was stationed here during WWII. These days nature has been left to recover much of the site and a large population of koalas has taken up residence and become an attraction of its own.

Marcel Schaller

July 16, 2019

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Great tour with free-roaming koalas along the way. It's worth looking for koalas in the forest to the left of the path on the way back.

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