Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Maryborough Heritage City Markets
(cnr Adelaide & Ellena Sts; 8am-1.30pm Thu)
Market fun made all the more entertaining by the
firing (1pm) of the historic Time Cannon, a town crier and rides (adult/child $3/2) on the
Mary Ann steam loco through Queen's Park.
MARKET
GOLD, WOOD, STEAM & SONG: GYMPIE & THE MARY VALLEY
Gympie's gold once saved Queensland from near-bankruptcy, but that was in the 1860s and not much has
happened here since. History buffs will find a large collection of mining equipment and functioning steam-driven
engines at the
Gympie Gold Mining & Historical Museum
(
www.gympiegoldmuseum.com.au
; 215 Brisbane
Rd; adult/child/family $10/5/25; 9am-3pm). There's also the
Woodworks Forestry & Timber Museum
(
www.woodworksmuseum.com.au
;
cnr Fraser Rd & Bruce Hwy; admission $5; 10am-4pm Mon-Sat) on the
Bruce Hwy south of town. The highlight of the museum (and perhaps the lowlight of the logging industry) is a
cross-section of a magnificent kauri pine that lived through the Middle Ages, Columbus' discovery of America
and the Industrial Revolution, only to be felled in the early 20th century.
After the summer rains, the Mary Valley around here is lush and scenic. If you don't have a car, explore the
valley on a 1923 steam train, the
Valley Rattler
(
07-5482 2750;
www.thevalleyrattler.com
)
. Schedules and
prices are ever-changing; see website for updates.
Amamoor is the site of the annual
Gympie Music Muster
(
www.muster.com.au
)
, a six-day country-music
hoedown held annually in August.
Gympie Cooloola Tourism
(
www.cooloola.org.au
; Lake Alford, Bruce Hwy, Gympie;
9am-4.30pm) has a
wealth of information on sights and activities along the entire Fraser Coast.
Greyhound (
Click here
) and
Premier
( 13 34 10;
www.premierms.com.au
)
have numerous daily services to
Gympie from Brisbane, Noosa, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.
Traveltrain
( 1800 872 467;
www.traveltrain.com.au
)
operates the
Tilt Train
and the
Sunlander
from Brisbane to Gympie on their way to
Rockhampton and Cairns.
Activities
Tea with Mary
( 1800 214 789; per person $13)
Tour the historic precinct with a Mary Poppins-bedecked
guide who spills the beans on the town's past; book through the visitor centre.
TOUR
Guided Walks
WALKING TOUR
Free guided walks depart from the City Hall to take in the town's
(
9am Mon-Sat)
many sites.
Ghostly Tours & Tales
TOUR
