We decide to camp at Eidsvold which was founded in 1848, became a town in 1880 and it's main industry's were Citrus, Timber, Agriculture & Cattle. R.M.Williams lived here for a number of years. We did see a young lively horse being ridden & trained by and elderly guy (around the pretty golf course), which was great to see.
Very green.
A pretty butterfly we found. (stuck to the front of the car,lol).
Cloudy & Wet.
Onto Guyndah, which has claim the oldest town in Queensland 1949. (Gee, they all have a claim to fame for something). It has Mellors drapery which still uses it's flying fox for transactions. We visited the museum, where they also have a Lungfish display "Ceratodus" only found alive in the Mary & Burnett River & a protection order was placed on them in 1914. The museum was good which included a brick cottage built in 1864, memorabilia & historic relics including an old motorised ambulance used in the 1940's to 1950's, a steam powered saw mill which still operates.
Guyndah racecourse was headquarters for the first Qld jockey club & venue for the first Qld derby in 1868, also for the first Ladies side saddle race in 1880.
Guyndah is still is a prime citrus hub and has a big orange.
Steve at school.
Something old.
Steve in the museum.
The steam engine that powers the saw mill.
An old bus.
Me at the big Orange.
Rain, rain and more rain to come.
Now we are in the big city of Brisbane, getting repairs done on our Camper trailer, with Lifestyle campers. It just seems to rain a lot and we can't wait to leave and return to the outback, away from all this traffic and rushing around everyone does!!
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