Baroon Pocket Dam is near Montville, built on Obi Obi Creek, and forming Lake Baroon . The ungated dam was completed in 1989 and is used for potable water supply. A plaque shows it was officially opened in July 1989. The main inflows are from Bridge Creek and Obi Obi Creek, and the dam spillway … Read more
Gerrard’s Lookout, shown on the brown signs as Scenic Lookout, is along the Maleny-Montville Rd on the Blackall Range near Montville and looks east off the range towards the coast. A shelter has a couple of tables and seating at either end, suitable for having a break with some stunning views. A plaque near the shelter … Read more
Gardners Falls is a popular spot near Maleny along the Obi Obi Creek. The easy 800m return walk leads to a swimming hole above and below the main falls. Swinging ropes are positioned around the hole, and the rock ledges at the top of the falls provide additional launching points for the adventurous. Jumping into … Read more
Mary Cairncross Park is a conservation reserve in Maleny on the Blackall Range. The reserve is a 55 hectare area of subtropical rainforest, preserving the remnants of the ecosystem once covering the southern part of the Blackall Range. The area was heavily timbered from the 1880s, in particular for the prized red cedar trees, and … Read more
McCarthy’s Lookout is in Maleny, on the aptly named Mountain View Rd. It looks east off the Blackall Range towards the coast and the gorgeous Glasshouse Mountains. The area was owned by Joseph McCarthy, purchased in the 1880s, and became known as McCarthy’s Farm. Namesakes from the McCarthy family still exist with McCarthy Road, McCarthy … Read more
This Side of the Black Stump is used to convey an perceived eastern border in Australia for where civilisation is contained. To go further is to be Beyond the Black Stump , and into the remote outback of Australia. The origin of the expression, and the Black Stump itself, is contested for a few towns. As … Read more
The Black Stump is claimed by more than one town. Blackall in Queensland has the brown sign to show where Beyond the Black Stump begins – on the western side of the black stump. Beyond the black stump is considered to be remote or uncivilised, a marker of the limits of established settlement in pioneering … Read more
The Blackall Woolscour is a heritage listed wool scour built from 1900s to 1920s, and operated until the late 1970s. It was restored in the 2000s and now operates as a museum. Along with the wool washing and drying tanks, the museum has a 20 stand shearing shed, large sheep yards, shearers’ quarters, cook house, … Read more
In 1885, Blackall became the first town in Queensland to sink an artesian bore. Artesian bore water supplies the town with water, and comes out of the ground from the great artesian basin at 58 degrees. The bore, named Pioneer Bore, can be seen along with a replica of the drilling rig. A mural sits … Read more
The Black Stump was a stump established as an astro station in 1886 for surveying the region. Stumps were used by surveyors instead of using a set of legs because it gave more stability for heavy theodolites to take longitude and latitude observations. The astro station was used as part of the survey to fix … Read more
