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20120929 After our very physical excursion (well it was for us) we returned to Tenerfield for a shower before hitting the road again.  On our way to Casino, we spotted a place to stop for the night just off the Bruxner Highway, we tend to grab a park when we can. It might be just of the Highway but it's not a bad view with the sound of cows in the night instead of traffic.  The sound of running water as we slept from the creek below. 30-09-2012  We left for Casino which was only about 19ks away and stopped for supplies and to check the town out.  The town is named after the Casino Station, owned by Clarke Irving, which was named after Cassino (near Monto Cassino) in Italy.     The Towns Centre-We walked the town and Des did his usual window shopping for real estate and I did my usual photo shoot of the town.              Hotel Cecil Formally the Imperial Hotel, ...

20120927 We drove onto through Stanthorpe and onto Wallangarra where we stopped for directions to the Bald Rocks and checked out the town before heading over the NSW boarder to Tenterfield. Not a very impressive town on the New South Wales-Queensland border that would probably never have come into existence if the two states had behaved like reasonable governments.   However, the decision by the two governments to build railways of different gauges (1067mm for QLD & 1432 for NSW) ensured that this tiny settlement became a major railway junction.   From the completion of the railway in 1887 until common sense prevailed in 1930 every passenger travelling north or south had to dismount at Wallangarra and board another train.  The town’s most distinctive feature and the only real attraction is the grand Victorian railway station Historic Hotel Established 1922 On the window of the other hotel in town was this sign, It's not hard to imagine what this ...

20120925 Heading for Millmerran for a shower, wash the Van, top up on supplies and walk the town to take my photos. It is thought that the town’s name came from two Aboriginal words “meel” meaning “eye” and “merran” meaning “to look out”. This is related to the fact that the town is located near a lookout which was commonly used by the local Aborigines. Many sheep graze on the lush land on the way to Millmerran.      The Mural shows the development of transport from the 19th century to the early parts of the 20th century.     Once a butter factory, the Mural depicts the development of the dairy industry. In 1907, 47-year-old Patrick Keating was seen acting suspiciously in the hallway of the Dornville Hotel, he was making his way from bedroom no 4 to bedroom no 6, occupied by heavy-set shearer John Conway, aged about 40. Conway tried to assert that Keating had assaulted him. But the evidence suggests otherwise. Why had Conway decided to stay ...

20120923 As we’ve been to Kingaroy many times we restock and left for the Bunya Mt. There's the turn off “Dam” no big rigs aloud, so onto Cecil Plains to camp on the Condamine River only when we arrived the best camp spots were taken and it’s to dry and full of prickles, so we left heading to Millmerran when I noticed a great spot just off the road overlooking the Condamine River. We stayed for a couple of days just lazing around, reading, blogging and uploading photos while Des tried his hand at yabbying with no success, it’s still too cold.   A drive by photo of these lovely trees in bloom only I don't know what they are. The lovely scenery on our way to Cecil Plains. These signs are posted at the gates of many property & for good reason, after reading why.  Through the "FABIAN" secret society in control of the Government they purchased through the U.N Treaty 'Agenda 21' and gave away 85% of our land to the 'Mining Cartels' who are permitted...

20120921 Kilkivan area was settled in the 1840s and the town takes its name from a property which was established around that time.   European settlements of the area had been fraught with dangers.   A settler named Sheridan had tried to settle in the area, but the local aborigines had successfully repulsed him killing two of his shepherds and large numbers of his stock.   Eventually a Scot named MacTaggart selected 1600 acres which he named Kilkivan. Arriving in Kilkivan we walked the town then stopped into the Hotel to check out their lunch menu only it was only 11.30am to early for lunch so we left for Goomeri. The Left Bank  Original Union Bank and Managers Residence, built early last century now a Cafe and Art shop and its up for sale if your looking for the country life. There are a couple of fabulous Antique shops but man are they expensive, it’s got me how they survive in these small towns. Heritage Listed Kilkivan Hotel Motel surprise surprise ...