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Bakers Military Memorabilia Museum is unquestionably one of the best displays of military memorabilia outside the Canberra war memorial as is the 'wrap' that has been placed on the collections at Bake
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The Maori Wrasse Bommie off Lady Elliot Island in the Great Barrier Reef takes its name from the family of Wrasse which frequent the area. Reef sharks are frequently seen patrolling the nearby reef wa
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This building at 264 Kent Street was erected in 1875 and was occupied by J H Bliss, a watchmaker and jeweller, who specialised in the supply and repair of maritime chronometers, barometers, sextants a
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In the great tradition of many Australian place names, 75 Mile Beach on Fraser Island, was so named because it is approximately 75 miles long. Due to the constant movement of sea and sand, it's not al
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The Maryborough Walk of Achievers in Richmond and Wharf Streets was developed in three years over five stages. These plaques honour their pioneers, Olympians, and people from Maryborough who, through
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Once a favourite spot for aboriginal corroborees, the area is now a beautiful park, centred on the Ululah Lagoon. In 1852, the first land sales were held for the new town here, in a simple slab hut. H
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Apex Park is the site of the first public hospital in Kingaroy and was developed by the Apex Club in the mid 1960's. The large trees that remain today are the plantings from the hospital grounds. A re
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Arabesque Winery is a boutique vineyard and winery located on the edge of Nanango, in the South Burnett region, South East Queensland. All of the wines are made from local South Burnett premium grape
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Recently restored to its original design, Baddow House was the third home built in the area by pioneer settler Edgar Aldridge. Edgar built the home for
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Miss Janet Melville bequeathed the Fairy Fountain and Band Rotunda in memory of her brother Andrew who was Mayor of Maryborough in 1863. The entire structure was imported from Scotland in 1890 after
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Australia's only outbreak of the pneumonic plague was in Maryborough in 1905. This fountain, situated to the Lennox Street side of City Hall, is a memorial to the two Nurses Cecilia Bauer and Rose Wi
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Situated 15 kilometres from Murgon in the South Burnett, Lake Barambah, also known as Bjelke-Petersen Dam, is a popular area for recreational freshwater fishing, boating, picnicking and camping, with
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Boondooma Homestead represents a step back to 1847 when the Lawson brothers with Robert Alexander established the Boondooma Station. The homestead and outbuildings are still in their original location
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Located in the heart of the Bunya Mountains rainforest, Bunya Forest Gallery and Tearoom offers the visitor quality art and craft from local artists, a licensed tearoom showcasing the innovative use o
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Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland’s second-oldest national park, protects the world’s largest remaining bunya pine rainforest. Until the late 1800s, Aboriginal people travelled here from far d
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The Burnett War Museum is located three kilometres south off Cooyer Road from Kingaroy. Turn left into Warren Truss Drive and the museum is located in the old Metrological Building, beside the termina
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An attractive cafe and cellar door outlet have been established at Captain's Paddock Vineyard and Cafe, amongst ten acres of Shiraz, Chardonnay and Merlot vines with stunning views over the Booie Rang
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In 1995 The Kingaroy Apex Club erected the plaque and gateway to mark the start of the Kokoda Track and the Carroll Nature Reserve. This was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of victory in the Pacif
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The Maryborough Cenotaph was erected in 1922 with funds obtained by public subscription as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War. The memorial includes five Italian Carrara marble statues wh
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The first building of Central State School is the Infants School which opened 1882. The single storey timber building originally had a shingle roof but
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Originally established as a forestry camp when there was logging on Fraser Island, Central Station's beautiful rainforest area houses a display explaining the development of the island and its various
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Charlcombe was built for Stewart Corser in 1917 and originally had a tiled roof which had to be replaced following a hail-storm in 1966. This house cont
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If you are looking for a new destination that's interesting, professionally presented and best of all offers a fabulous seafood lunch at country prices, then come and discover the Cherax Park 'Pond to
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In the heart of the South Burnett, Queensland’s fastest growing wine region, you will find the beautiful vineyard, cottage retreat and cellar door of Clovely Estate, Queensland’s largest vineyard and
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One of Queensland's farm stay secrets is waiting to be discovered at a location between Murgon and Gayndah. The secret is now out, with families booking into one of the friendliest short-break option
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Coomba Falls, at Maidenwell, is an exceptionally ravishing place, featuring a deep natural swimming hole and striking granite cliffs. The water is icy most of the year so this is the ideal site to co
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Crane Winery is a small family owned boutique winery. The grand old colonial homestead and quaint cellar door are perched high on the Booie Range, just 10 kilometres from Kingaroy in the beautiful Sou
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The Prince of Wales, a single storey boarding house, first occupied this site. This was licensed as the Melbourne Hotel in 1864 but was destroyed by fire in 1878. A two story building was rebuilt here
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Mr George Galbraith was the proprietor of Maryborough's Custom House Hotel when it was built in 1868. 1883 saw the Customs House extended. Its past elegance reflects the rapid growth of the port at t
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Sample the delicious Devonshire teas and lunches on the verandah overlooking the gardens at Dimities Cottage Restaurant and Tea Gardens. Browse around the country style gift shop where you might find
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Double Island Point is located just south of Rainbow Beach. The point is a magnet for marine life of every description. Dolphins and whales (the latter from July to November) are a common sight there
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Eli Creek, the largest creek on the eastern beach of Fraser Island, pours up to four million litres of clear, fresh water into the ocean every hour. Eli Creek is a popular picnic and swimming spot, w
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The Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens was the site of Maryborough's second official cemetery, which closed in 1873. As the town expanded the cemetery was deemed a public health risk, and by 1907, moves were
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Primary School students designed the pavers for the Ellena Street Pavement Art and Sculpture, with the theme being "I can find it in Maryborough". Maryborough born artist Susie Hansen designed the lar
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The current Engineer’s Arms building was built in 1889, by Mrs Dillane to replace the original 1870 building. The former hotel was designed to fit the wedge-shaped block. It is reminiscent of early p
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Eskdale House is a two-storey brick home in Pallas Street. It had its own stables, green-houses, gymnasium and tennis court. Built in 1864, E.B.C Corse
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Maryborough’s modern Excelsior Band Hall replaces the earlier hall destroyed by fire in 1987. It was designed in Victorian Style to compliment the precinct. The Style selection also commemorates the
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For a different type of experience, walk through one of the last remaining wetlands in the Maryborough area, Fay Smith Wetlands. There is a series of walking bridges and walking trails through the Fa
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - This rendered brick building, the Former Australian Joint Stock Bank, was built in 1882 for the Maryborough Branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank. T
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The Maryborough Flour Mill was the most northerly flour mill in Australia when it was built in 1890, for the Maryborough Milling Company. In 1919, the Dominion Flour Milling Company who now owned the
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Former Hotel Francis is the site of the first hotel built in the new Maryborough Township in 1853, the Maryborough Inn. The current building, erected as
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The original Queens Hotel was destroyed in the 1876 fire, and was rebuilt a few years later. The Goodwin family opened the first hotel here in 1864. In
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The Royal Bank of Queensland opened its Maryborough branch in 1888 in this Kent Street building known as Windsor House. In 1922 the Royal Bank of Queensland merged with the Queensland National Bank.
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Mr Stupart purchased his first business in Maryborough in 1871, unfortunately he lost it all in the 1876 fire. He soon rebuilt the two-storey Criterion
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Gatakers Building and the warehouse behind are the oldest surviving commercial buildings in Maryborough. Gatakers Building was built for Robert Travis
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Gordonbrook Dam is situated 20 kilometres from Kingaroy. Travel 11 kilometres north along the Bunya Highway from Kingaroy and after passing through Memerambi township, take the next left turn along Re
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The Great Bunya Drive is a scenic self-drive route meandering through 390 kilometres of beautiful country landscapes between Toowoomba and Gympie, encompassing both the Darling Downs and South Burnett
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The Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area separates open ocean surf from the sheltered estuary waters of Tin Can Bay and the Great Sandy Strait. This is a wetland of international importance. The sand spit
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J E Brown commenced business as a provisions and victuals merchant in 1857 in Richmond Street. In 1879 J E Brown had this two-storey brick warehouse built and was designed by a local architect James
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Janet's Art is an experience not to be missed! It is an art gallery with local and interstate art and a stunning range of greeting cards; a gift shop with unique jewellery, stained glass, woodwork, s
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Lions Park is located in Kingaroy Street, near the heart of town. It is a small formal park with roofed picnic tables, play equipment and disabled toilet facilities. This park makes a pleasant place t
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Kingaroy’s beautiful Memorial Park is located near the heart of town and is the major formal park in the Shire. The War Memorial is located in the park and is a band rotunda constructed of eight class
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There are many different aspects to Fraser Island, but the awe-inspiring beauty of Lake McKenzie makes it probably the most visited natural site on the island. It is a ‘perched’ lake, which means it c
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Lake Wabby is relatively close to the ocean side of Fraser Island and unlike the other lakes, it supports several varieties of fish. It is known as both a window lake and a barrage lake. Window lakes
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The Maheno, the most famous of the Fraser Island wrecks, was driven ashore just north of Happy Valley during a cyclone in 1935. Once a well-known trans-Tasman liner, the Maheno was bound for a Japane
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Just 28 kms east of the Bunya Mountains lies the rural town of Maidenwell - the most popular astronomy and stargazing centre in Queensland.
On a cloud-free moonless night the visitor can stargaze to
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The Mary Ann is a replica of the first steam engine built in Queensland in 1873 at John Walker and Co's Union Foundry. It steams through the park along the rail tracks which were laid to service the w
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Step back in time as you enter Mary Delicious, an ice-cream parlour and milk bar specialising in home-made fudge and confectionery. The home made fudge comes in an impressive array of flavours to tem
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Located on the corner of Kent and Richmond streets a statue of Mary Poppins stands proudly as recognition of Maryborough’s link with the famous nanny. PL Travers was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryboro
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The Mary River has been known by many names, with the Aborigines calling the river Booie, Moonaboola, Numabulla or Mooraboocoola. It was named the Wide Bay River until in September 1848, when Governor
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The historic Port of Maryborough area has been transformed into a stunning public park complete with outstanding public art works. The Mary River Parklands forms part of the historic Portside Precinc
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The first public hospital outside Brisbane was established in Maryborough in 1856. This was replaced by a two storey building in Lennox Street in 1864.
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The third official Maryborough cemetery was established in 1873 and burials were on a strictly denominational basis. The cemetery contains many fine examples of early Queensland monumental art. The Mo
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Designed by Brisbane architects Hall and Dods in American colonial style, Maryborough City Hall was erected in 1908 to replace the original timber Town Hall which stood on the opposite side of Kent St
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The Court House was built in 1877 on the site of the former Immigration Barracks. Colonial Architect F D G Stanley designed the building for the State L
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - There have been three fire stations in Maryborough. The first fire station was a simple shed run by volunteers. The second was located where the Commo
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Freemasonry was first established in Maryborough in 1870, sponsored by the Irish Union Concert Constitution, with meetings being held in the old Baptist Chapel in Lennox Street. The first freemason t
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Maryborough Heritage Centre was built for the Bank of New South Wales in 1878. Iron columns support the verandahs which are decorated with fine iron lace balustrades upstairs and wrought iron on the
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The Heritage City of Maryborough comes alive on market day, every Thursday, with stalls lining Adelaide and Ellena Streets in the Central Business District.
The shopping experience begins at 8.00 a.m
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The Post Office opened in 1866 and is the oldest surviving masonry Post Office in Queensland. In those early days, attached to the top of the tower, was a wooden pole holding a Time Ball which was low
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Built in 1882, the heritage listed Maryborough Railway Station features a Victorian design. The stationmaster’s residence has much of the character of larger Queensland houses of that era. The railway
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Maryborough State High School became amalgamated in 1974; prior to this it was a split school with Kent Street separating them.
The former Boys Grammar
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Featured on the Maryborough Heritage City Walk and Drive Tour - The first Maryborough sugar to be manufactured was in 1864 when John Buhot demonstrated sugar making using cane grown from John Eatons p
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It was here at the site of the first Maryborough court house, police station and gaol, that in 1877, gallows and a hangman were brought from Brisbane and two felons were publicly hung. For many decade
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Maryborough's Glory Hole is now a featured part of the Ululah Lagoon. It is believed to have been built as early as the 1880s. The Glory Hole is of a rare design and outdates any other work in Austr
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The beginning of the First World War saw the Royal Australian Navy begin the process of updating its armoury. They presented the three guns, located in Queens Park overlooking the Mary River, as a gi
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In a Colonial setting among magnificent gardens is Mavis Bank, originally called Ormond and built between 1862 and 1874. The land was bought in 1849 by James Cleary, who was a friend and protector of
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Children and adults can climb onboard one of the many miniature steam engines at Melsa, which run on a circuit around Queens Park. The sight of little legs – and not so little legs – dangling from ti
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Mount Wooroolin lookout is located just over four kilometres west of Kingaroy along Haly Street; the Kingaroy Shire Council developed it in 1988 as a bicentennial project. Council maintains the lookou
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Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Oonooraba, named after an aboriginal word for gathering place, is a Maryborough residence designed by Henry Mail Addison. It was built in 1892 for Mayo
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