I live in Far North Queensland...
...which actually starts somewhere north of Townsville. Cairns (where I live) is well into FNQ territory.
I sympathise fully with your comments about twats spoiling the character of Queenslander style houses.
The one I bought had cork floors covering some beautiful old timber in excellent condition. The previous owners had also ripped out some classic casement windows and replaced them with aluminium security/flymesh screens. Strangest of all was the covering up of the original tongue and groove walls with random groove panels - those awful sheets with a woodgrain printed on them.
Nearly finished restoring it to it's former glory, but Queenslander houses are a serious money pit!
Anyway, liked your post a lot so have a click.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Sun 15 Apr 2012, 14:05, 1 reply)

We could argue about where North Queensland starts
But at least you agree it isn't Nambour!
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Sun 15 Apr 2012, 21:47, closed)

Defo Townsville
Any further south and it's just another suburb of Brisvegas.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 15 Apr 2012, 22:16, closed)