Woken by the POLICE at 1am! Our FIRST night in Queensland
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We’re finally saying goodbye to NSW in Australia, making our way into Queensland for the very first time in the bus. BUT… it doesn’t go quite as smoothly as we had hoped for our first night… we were woken up by the Australian police and ranger in the middle of the night. This is van life…!! Who knew the van life rules changed as soon as we stepped foot over the border in to Queensland!
Before that, we get to check out some pretty spectacular spots in Coolangatta and Currumbin. Let us know in the comments if you have been to Queensland, or if this might help you plan your trip there?
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🏡 Explore Biloela Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Biloela
🏡 Explore Biloela Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Biloela
Biloela is a thriving regional country town located in Central Queensland, 572 kilometres north of Brisbane.
The district was first settled in 1854, and today, it is a busy commercial hub driven by pastoral and agricultural enterprises, including cotton, wheat and sorghum. It has colourful artwork, a great heritage centre and all the services you need in a large country town.
00:00 Introduction
01:10 The Spirit of the Land Mural
02:20 Queensland Heritage Centre
03:40 Silo Art
04:00 Mt Scoria
05:25 Callide Dam
On our visit to Biloela, we saw The Spirit of the Land Mural, explored Queensland Heritage Park, saw the silo art and visited Mount Scoria and Callide Dam.
The Spirit of the Land Mural is on one of the town’s water reservoirs. This 100-metre round mural pieces together the stories of the surrounding country, from its pre-historic beginnings to early 20th-century times.
It is told through the eyes of two women from vastly different cultural perspectives, and their stories unfold through a series of information plaques located around the water reservoir.
The Queensland Heritage Park complex is on the outskirts of town and is open daily from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. It features a large collection of historical exhibits that celebrate Australia's history.
The main display area is housed in the “Silo, a structure originally built to showcase Australia's rich primary industries at the World Exhibition held in Brisbane in 1988.
You can also wander the grounds, see the heritage railway station and browse through the machinery sheds, which have a large array of vintage agricultural machinery.
At the Australian Mungbean Company, you can see three portable silos painted by The Zookeeper & Drapl in January 2023.
The Murals on the silos tell a story of local farmers checking on their crops and show the beauty of Biloela and the Callide Valley.
The Mt Scoria Conservation Park is a 15-minute drive from Biloela near Thangool. It has picnic and toilet facilities and information boards about the mountain and its surroundings.
Mt Scoria is 150 metres high and was formed by volcanic activity 20-26 million years ago. It is an amazing rare rock formation with large vertical and semi-vertical columns. It is also known as ‘Musical Mountain’ as the long six-sided basalt columns make musical notes when struck by another rock.
There is also a short walking track with information signs at the mountain’s base, which gives insight into Mount Scoria’s significance to the Gangulu people.
Callide Dam is located 12 kilometres from Biloela and is a popular fishing spot for golden perch, barramundi and red claw.
The day-use area has picnic shelters, toilets, BBQ’s and a playground.
Callide Dam was built on Callide Creek in 1965. It was upgraded in 1988, and its current storage capacity is 136,300 megalitres.
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Restaurants in Biloela (QLD), Australia
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00:00 - Intro
00:22 - 1) Thai-Noi Restaurant
00:32 - 2) Hotel Settlers
00:41 - 3) Dragon Garden Chinese Restaurant
00:50 - 4) Biloela Hotel
00:59 - 5) Emmanuel's Take-Away
01:08 - 6) Grevillea Steakhouse & Bar Restaurant
01:17 - 7) Biloela ANZAC Memorial Club
01:26 - 8) Commercial Hotel
01:34 - 9) Rise Bakehouse Cafe
01:44 - 10) Rita’s Blue Cafe
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Where to stay in BILOELA Qld - we have the place for you - walkthrough of Queensland Heritage Park
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Top 10 Best Tourist Places to Visit in Gladstone | Australia - English
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Gladstone is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Australia having many best places in Gladstone. Gladstone is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone has an urban population of 34,703, and together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated population of 50,317 at August 2021. This urban area covers 246.1 km². So to help you figure out the places you need to try, we've gathered up a bucket list of the best Places in Gladstone that you won't regret going to.
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Lake Callide Retreat, Cabins & Caravan Park, Biloela QLD
Lake Callide Retreat found just outside of Biloela, Qld, beside Callide Dam offers 1 & 2 bed cabins, powered and self contained sites.
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Top Things to Do in BUNDABERG, Queensland, Australia in 2024 | Travel Guide & Checklist
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It’s not hard to be captivated by Bundaberg and the cane country that surrounds it. Just as they have done for more than a century, emerald fields of verdant sugarcane rising from rich red earth blanket the landscape, and as you cruise into town you get a real sense of the rural prosperity this region enjoys.
Located four and a half hours’ drive north of Brisbane, Bundaberg is the provincial hub of Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region, and is billed as the southern gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. In this episode of our online travel series, we bring you a Bundaberg travel guide packed with culture, history, dining, shopping and relaxation must-sees and dos.
We join an evening tour on to Mon Repos Beach to see nesting and hatching marine turtles, get an introduction to the Bundaberg Rum Distillery Museum Experience, check out the Hinkler Hall of Aviation, and much more.
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🌳 Explore Barcaldine Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Barcaldine
🌳 Explore Barcaldine Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Barcaldine
Barcaldine is situated on the junction of the Capricorn and Landsborough Highways, 1072 kilometres from Brisbane, and is known as the Garden City of the West. Barcaldine is home to the Tree of Knowledge and the reputed birthplace of the Australian Labour Party.
On our recent visit to Barcaldine, we started the day with coffee and cake at Roses ’n’ Things Tea Gardens, saw the Tree of Knowledge, and wandered around town looking at the heritage buildings and sculptures. We then explored the Australian Workers Heritage Centre and finished the day with Pizza at Barcy Base Camp and admired the Tree of Knowledge all lit up in the evening.
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Roses 'n' Things Tea Gardens
01:24 Tree of Knowledge
01:50 Wander along Oak Street
03:02 Pat Ogden Tower
03:33 Heritage Trail
04:39 The Australian Workers Heritage Centre
05:52 Bacy's Base Camp - Pizza
06:12 Tree of Knowledge lit up at night
Roses ’n’ Things Tea Gardens is a lovely cafe surrounded by beautiful gardens on Coolibah Street. The Tea Gardens are open from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm, Wednesday to Sunday from April to October, for delicious morning and afternoon teas and light lunches.
The Tree of Knowledge was a ghost gum that grew outside the Railway Station for 180 years until 2006 when an unknown culprit poisoned it. The famous tree has since been preserved and placed under an award-winning timber structure that was constructed to protect the preserved tree and celebrate its importance in Australia’s history.
As we wander along Oak Street, we learn about Australian History, including the Shearers Strike, and see sculptures, an old Windmill and the Barcaldine Tropic of Capricorn sign.
Behind the Visitor Centre is the Pat Ogden Tower, where you can climb up the spiral staircase to the viewing deck and enjoy 360-degree views over the Barcaldine Township.
Along the Heritage Trail, you will see many significant historical sites, each with a sign providing interesting information. The Heritage Listed Masonic Lodge was built in 1901 and is one of the most unusual buildings in Barcaldine. It is constructed from Iron and Wood with a painted facade to make it look like it's made from bricks.
The Heritage Listed St Peter’s Anglican Church was built in 1899 and is still used for Church services today. The Radio Picture Theatre opened in April 1926 and still operates as a movie theatre today with the original canvas seats and art deco frieze above the screen.
The Australian Workers Heritage Centre is a monument to Australia’s working men and women. It is spread across 2 hectares of landscaped gardens, with a lovely central billabong. An extensive range of exhibits, photographs and audio-visual presentations tell the stories of Australia's working people, and you will need several hours to see them all.
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Biloela to Surat, QLD Apr 2019
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Welcome to Gladstone Queensland, We stayed at the Reef Hotel during our stay, we went for a walk in town but because it is getting late and also it is the weekend shops where close, and so we walk towards the wharf where there esplanade was and also the yacht club, I haven't been here before but Brian did 10 years ago which is completed different shapes according to him, The Esplanade they have wasn't here before.
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🐏 Explore Blackall Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Blackall
🐏 Explore Blackall Queensland ~ Things to do in and around Blackall
Blackall is a great outback town on the banks of the Barcoo River, 964 kilometres from Brisbane. Explorer Major Thomas Mitchell discovered Blackall in 1846; it was gazetted in 1868 and became the centre of a thriving sheep industry.
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Lodge on Hawthorn
01:42 Blackall Aquatic Centre
02:02 Blackall Historic Woolscour
03:26 Wander around Blackall
03:33 Jumbo the Elephant Sculpture
04:12 The Black Stump
04:28 Jack Howe Memorial
04:48 Pioneer Bore
05:15 Ram Park Museum
05:45 Sunset at the Roly Poly Sculpture
Today Blackall is the centre of a huge cattle industry, but it celebrates its past connections with the wool and sheep industry with the Blackall Woolscour, Ram Park and sculpture of legendary shearer Jack Howe.
When we visited Blackall, we started the day with coffee and cake at the Lodge on Hawthorn, then swam at the Blackall Aquatic Centre before exploring the Blackall Wool Scour. We then wandered around Blackall, looking at the murals and sculptures, discovered the black stump and visited Ram Park. We finished the day watching the sunset at the Roly Poly sculpture.
The Lodge on Hawthorn is a beautiful heritage-listed building with a cafe, antique and gift shop. We enjoyed our coffee and cake and a wander around the lovely gardens.
In 1885, Blackall was the first Outback town to start drilling an artesian bore; today, the Blackall Aquatic Centre uses these natural artesian waters in its thermal spa and swimming pool. It is open daily, and visitors can swim, relax and revive in the lovely warm water.
The Blackall Woolscour operated from 1908 to 1978 and is Australia’s last remaining steam-operated wool-washing plant. Passionate volunteers conduct guided tours several times a day, where you will learn about the Woolscour and the sheep industry.
We wandered around Blackall, admiring the attractive Street Art and the life-sized sculptures.
Blackall was the birthplace of the Perry Brothers Circus, the first circus to circumnavigate Australia and start the nation's circus industry. On display in Banks Park, you can see ‘Jumbo’, the Elephant.
The Black Stump was used for surveying purposes and permanently marked the original Astro Station established in 1887. Anything west of this point is said to be ‘beyond the black stump’.
Local shearer Jack Howe put Blackall on the map in 1892 at the ‘Alice Downs station when he set a world record by shearing 321 sheep in seven hours and 40 minutes. It took another 58 years before anyone could match this feat, and that shearer was using machine shears.
Drilling commenced on Queensland's first artesian bore at the Pioneer Bore site in 1885; you can see the artesian water, which is 58 degrees and a lovely mural and two heritage farm machines here.
You can see a large Ram, a heritage railway, old buildings and machinery at the Ram Park Museum.
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Sightseeing in Beautiful Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Ayr, Queensland Aerial View I Australia Travel in 2022
Ayr is a town in Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It is the centre of a sugarcane growing region and other crops. According to 2016 census, Ayr had a population of around 8500 plus people. This video gives an aerial view of the town, recorded in Jan, 2022. Please subscribe and share from more exclusive content!
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Ghosts of Biloela App on Cockatoo Island
Take a sneak peek into Cockatoo Island's new App, Ghosts of Biloela, with ABC News.
Ghosts of Biloela is an interactive geo-locative story app for smart-phone users that takes listeners back to Cockatoo Island’s Biloela Reformatory and Industrial School for Girls through storytelling and audio-rich soundscapes.
Follow the adventures of Mary Anne Meehan, the newest inmate and the app’s central character, as she plans her escape from the island and the despotic regime of the heartless Superintendant Lucas with the help of her new friend Sarah Bourke. Despite the bleak conditions under which they live, the girls find comfort and strength through friendship and solidarity.
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Short walk around Roma, Queensland
Filmed in June, 2022, we took a trip to Roma, Queensland, and these are some of the short video clips taken in the town.
0:16 - The beauty of the motel parking lot
0:30 - The main street of Roma
0:57 - Clock sculpture
1:09 - A big tree
1:33 - Heroes Avenue
1:38 - A weird bird noise
1:51 - Suburban Roma
1:55 - Park
2:09 - THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOTTLE TREE!
2:35 - Back to the main street but this time in the other direction!
2:58 - Roma Bush Gardens
Restaurants in Chinchilla (QLD), Australia
Have a really tasty meal again, in a good restaurant or eatery nearby. Enjoy a great dinner with near Chinchilla (QLD). Whether gourmet, fast food or a romantic candlelight dinner, you will find something suitable here.
Here you can find Restaurants in Chinchilla (QLD), Australia:
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - 1) Masala Hut
00:32 - 2) Cheong Kong Chinese Restaurant
00:41 - 3) Amelia's Place
00:50 - 4) The Commercial Hotel Motel
00:59 - 5) Club Hotel Chinchilla
01:08 - 6) Thai Delicious
01:17 - 7) Domino's Pizza Chinchilla
01:26 - 8) The Downtown Cafe
01:34 - 9) The Coffee Club Café - Chinchilla
01:44 - 10) Saltys Seafood & Takeaway
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No Road in Sight! - Times like this we need a 4x4. (Blackdown NP)
Join us on our epic journey as we take the big lap of Australia in our trusty two-wheel drive Merc Sprinter! In this episode, we explore the stunning Blackdown National Park, where we embark on breathtaking walks and soak in some truly epic views. 🥾🌄
After our adventures in Blackdown, we make our way to the Queensland Heritage Park in Biloela, where we spend two relaxing nights. This spot was the perfect place to unwind and recharge! 🏞️✨
Next, we visit the charming little town of Biggenden for a night. While it’s small, the quaint atmosphere adds to the adventure. Finally, we tackle the intriguing Utopia walk—wait until you see what we discover! 🌿
📅 Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Bluff Hotel and recap
04:12 - Blackdown NP
08:17 - Biloela and Queensland Heritage Museum and Park up
16:21 - Biggenden
21:31 - ROAD CLOSED - we need a 4x4
25:22 - Watefall creek Utopia
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