Bowen Bustling in lead up to Movie Shoot

Bowen is bustling with excitement as the town prepares for filming to begin there around 10 May 2007. Stockyards, shacks, old-fashioned cottages, shops and even a hotel have been erected in the Front Beach area, and these sets will help the town double for Darwin in the film. The sets will soon be closed off to visitors in advance of the shoot. Meanwhile, special thanks to BowenGirl for providing us with more scans from the Bowen Independent, which has revealed that Russell Crowe was in town this week to wish the town well in its involvement with Australia. It has also been revealed that around 1500 shorthorn cattle are set to take part in the shoot, and they’ve begun rehearsals! A replica circuit of the one they will have to follow through the town and on the movie sets is to be set up at the Bowen Turf Club for them to practise before the shoot begins next month. The cattle will be herded into the town on Sunday and will be a common sight grazing around Bowen until they are called upon to make their movie debut! Check out the scanned articles in our Gallery section.

Sources: Sources: Townsville Bulletin, Bowen Independent

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