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Last Monday was a public holiday here and DH did not play his usual Monday game of golf...instead he and I went for a drive...one of DH's 'Mystery Drives'...only he knows where we are going!
We first drove towards Ferny Grove, but instead of driving into Ferny Grove, DH went through the Upper Kedron area. We drove along through lovely country until we came to Camp Mountain. At Camp Mountain we had a little stop at the memorial on McLean Rd South. This memorial marks the site of a rather bad railway accident in May 1947 in which 16 lives were lost and 38 were injured. (Another blogger has written about this incident here.) Nowadays the railway line only goes to Ferny Grove but prior to 1955, the line continued through to the farming communities of Camp Mountain, Samford and eventually terminated at Dayboro. There are a number of images of the crash here. I worked with a man whose father worked at the wharves and the family was meant to be going on the train that day for the picnic...for whatever reason the family were not able to go...how lucky was that?
Here are my photos of the memorial...
The road follows the old railway line and it was on this curve that the train got out of control and left the tracks...
So now, back to our Mystery Drive... we headed into Samford Village and continued driving through such communities as Yugar, Closeburn, Mt Samson, Samsonvale, Kobble Creek and then we reached the destination that DH had planned as a lunch stop...Dayboro!
This is a lovely little town and very popular with day-trippers. First of all we had lunch...
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| The 'Dayboro Deli', our lunch stop... |
Oh my goodness...who ordered those potato wedges as an accompaniment to our delicious chicken, pumpkin and pesto paninis...it was DH but I helped him
Then it was time to walk around the town...
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| Dayboro's early history revolves around dairying and this old milk can was near the footpath in the main street. |
The post office has a residence attached to it...
Some bike riders rode through as we walked along...
This sweet little cottage sold arts and crafts and was also the tourist information center for the region...
DH and I then walked back to the car and headed towards the town of Petrie...but DH turned off at Youngs Crossing Road before we reached the Petrie township...
Youngs Crossing is on the left in the next photo and it is on the North Pine River. I have fond memories of going there as a young child; it was a very popular 'swimming hole' in those days.
Our drive then took us through the suburb of Warner...then through to Brendale, Eatons Hill, Albany Creek and eventually back home!
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| Warner shopping centre... |
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| Map shows some of the area we covered. |
It had been a lovely drive through some beautiful country.
4 comments:
Sounds like a lovely day out! The "mystery drive" concept is a fun one.
Wonderful stuff! Your description and pictures took me along with you wonderfully! My husband would find the concept of a mystery drive something quite worrying! He has to know exactly how to get to where he is going. Driving for him is a necessity and not a joy. Thanks for sharing!
I keep learning so much about Brisbane from you.. Since we are past the "take the kids somewhere" stage we don't go outside the normal zone and like Sue above the concept of my husband going anywhere just for the sake of it is beyond comprehension.
Maria, we used to live on McLean Road in the 70's. Couldn't tell you how many times I drove the old train line hoping no one was coming the other way. In those days there was no bitumen, just a narrow windy dirt road. Enjoyed reading your post.
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