Queensland Tourist Region
Howard is a Queensland town between Maryborough and Childers in the Fraser Coast region, west of Hervey Bay. There are historical buildings in Howard, including the home of a former early Prime Minister. There is also Brooklyn House, a colonial mansion build in 1890, and the Grand Hotel built in 1899, an early watering hole … Read more
Brooklyn House is a heritage-listed home built in the 1890s in the historical township of Howard , Queensland. It was built for the Rankin family as the headquarters for Queensland Collieries’, a major coal mining operation in the coal industry that started the Howard township. William Rankin was born in Scotland, coming to Australia to … Read more
Lychee Divine at Tinana South is a cellar door for Tomarata Orchard, a lychee farm on the Fraser Coast at Tiaro. It also operates as a visitor information centre. The photo shown is the old building, moving to another building at the same location in May 2021. Lychee Divine is a non-accredited visitor information centre, … Read more
Tiaro is a small town along the Bruce Highway between Gympie and Maryborough. The The Tiaro Visitor Information Centre is the first accredited information centre on the way north into the Fraser Coast Region. The centre offers information about the region and the local Tiaro area. Behind the centre is a great park, the Tiaro … Read more
The Andrew Petrie Park is in West Maryborough and set along the Mary River, just west of the Bruce Hwy. The park is named after Andrew Petrie, who sailed up the Mary River in 1842, then known as the Wide Bay River. Andrew Petrie discovered the site for the port while looking for land suitable … Read more
The Pioneer Graves are located at the original site of the Maryborough settlement of the 1840s. The site is marked by a plaque as an Australian Bicentennial Project in 1988. Another plaque says “Heritage Site. This site is part of the original Maryborough Settlement of the 1840s. Several pioneers lie here including George Furber, the … Read more
Ululah Lagoon is a key feature of Anzac Park in Maryborough, abundant with wildlife who make the lagoon their home. The brown sign mentions Ululah Lagoon independently, Anzac Park and Ululah Lagoon is normally regarded as the same place with the lagoon bordering the park. The lagoon was an important freshwater billabong for the local … Read more
Point Lookout (Pt Lookout) overlooks the Mary River in Maryborough, Queensland. A viewing platform added in 2018 extends out from the high banks of the river. The viewing point looks downstream towards the port of Maryborough and more importantly, upstream of the Mary River for over 2.5km. Point Lookout was used by the pioneers of … Read more
Maryborough Heritage Gateway, also known as Portside Heritage Gateway and Portside Heritage Precinct, is a historical look at the early settlement of Maryborough and its port district. Maryborough is one of Queensland’s oldest cities, first settled by George Furber in 1847 to set up a wool store. It was on the wrong side for the … Read more
Maryborough is the birthplace of PL Travers, the creator and writer of the well-known story Mary Poppins. A bronze statue of Pamela Lyndon Travers is outside the building, with a brown sign for Cherry Tree Lane. PL Travers was born in 1899 as Helen Lyndon Goff, sent to boarding school in Sydney. It was when she … Read more
