9 Things to do in Miles That You Shouldn't Miss

The history of the district is celebrated at Dogwood Crossing, the cultural hub of Miles community. This building is architecturally stunning with seven-metre-tall stylised bottle trees forming a colonnade down its center. Home to the John Mullins Art Gallery, Library and IT Centre.

This small cemetery is one of the earliest identifiable cemetery in Miles located on the banks of Dogwood Creek. It was used from the late 1870's and is the location of several pioneering family's burial sites. A number of graves are surrounded by concrete borders and wrought iron fencing while others can only be identified by a headstone.

The Miles Historical Village Museum and Visitor Information Centre is open from 8.30 am until 4.30 pm every day except Christmas Day. The facility is located on the eastern entrance to Miles on the Warrego Highway. The Museum features over 34 original and replica buildings set in a streetscape reminiscent of a town from the late 1800s. Each building houses their own special collection. The facility also contains a War Museum containing photographs, stories, militaria from the Light Horse in WW1 through to the Vietnam War. The Norman Donpon Lapidary display houses a remarkable collection of fossil woods, ferns, fine agates, crystals and minerals from around the world. This facility takes the visitor on a nostalgic and surprising journey through the lives of the people of the district who lived, worked and socialised in this region. Each year thousands of visitors are impressed by the Historical Village Museum, it's collections and displays. An experience not to be missed!

This walking track is lined with beautiful native flora and fauna, including the iconic Dogwood or Jacksonia Scoparia can be admired along the track.

Chinamans Lagoon is a spectacular showing of Australian native waterlilies. These waterlilies are extraordinary in that they are a rare species of tropical waterlily that is extinct in its natural habitat. This species only survives in a handful of locations throughout Australia, Chinamans Lagoon being one.