Giru, located just off the Bruce Highway between Townsville and Ayr and along the Haughton River lies in essentially flat countryside dominated by sugar cane fields. The town was originally a railway siding on the North Coast Railway but has grown to be a service centre for the surrounding sugar industry with the sugar mill in town being one of the largest in the Southern hemisphere, of which dominates the skyline. Also of interest in the area is the Bowling Green Bay National Park - the mountains to the north of the town provide an interesting backdrop.

Population: 400
State: Queensland
Name Origin: Unknown at this stage
Pronunciation: Geer-oo
Postcode: 4809
Local Government: Burdekin Shire Council
Location: 1308km north west of Brisbane, 53km south-east of Townsville
Main Watercourses: Haughton River
Main Roads: Bruce Highway
Radio Stations (Music): Hot FM (103.1), 4TO-FM (102.3), Mix FM (106.3), Zinc Rocks (100.7), Triple J (105.5), 4TO (AM 774)

Photos from Giru (Click on thumbnail for full sized image):
 

	Looking north-west along the Bruce Highway as it approaches the Giru turnoff - note Mount Elliott in the distance which forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park (2007).
	Looking east along Woodstock Road with the Giru Sugar Mill in the distance (2007).
	Barbat Street, looking south in Giru (2007).
	Carey Street, looking east from Barbat St, Giru (2007).
	Luxton Street, looking west from Walton St, Giru (2007).
	Brolga Park, looking south in Giru (2007).

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