Teens learn hard yakka restoring Horn Island WWII site

By Elise Stevenson
Updated August 28 2014 - 12:13am, first published 12:01am
Hard at work, Acting Sergeant David Young (left) and Leon from the Torres Shire Council at the site of a WWII airbase on Horn Island. Photo: Queensland Police Service
Hard at work, Acting Sergeant David Young (left) and Leon from the Torres Shire Council at the site of a WWII airbase on Horn Island. Photo: Queensland Police Service

On a small island off Queensland's far north coast, wayward teens are working alongside police officers, ploughing through dirt and rock in an effort to bring a little bit of history back to life.

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