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Spectacular Views from A World War II Bunker Bar

WORDS AND IMAGES BY BEN CARCELLER TRAVEL: QUEENSLAND The Temple, in Portland Roads, Cape York is a boutique accommodation destination for those that love a great view, music, and the chance to stay in a piece of WWII history!  The main bar area at The Temple is the main attraction, and the bar is built around a gun emplacement built into the side of the Iron Range high above the open sea! This particular gun emplacement housed a 60-pound gun, pointed at the sea. The bar isn’t the only thing open to the ocean, the main bathroom, and the shower in the penthouse room also being open to the wide-open views of the ocean. If you’re a bit of a WWII history buff, there are also several other observation posts, ammunition stores, and other remnants of wartime history in various states of restoration. Portland Roads in general was an important part of Australia’s defence, with airstrips and jetties constructed by the defence forces, and many military personnel stationed here. Jayson Watkin purchases the block that The Temple is built on in 2014 from Gregor Hardy, who sailed to Portland Roads in the 70’s, had a mining lease on the area and eventually secured freehold over the land in the 90’s and had a basic residence built over the gun emplacement…

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