I’ve driven passed this tourist sign so many times and never gone in to have a look, so we decided to go check it out to occupy our Sunday morning. Tinchi Tamba Wetlands is on the North Pine River, about 2.5kms upstream from Osprey House . Tinchi Tamba is named after the Aboriginal words for … Read more
The Bundaberg Railway Museum on the north side of the river is the original train station for Bundaberg when the rail brought copper from the mines at Mt Perry . The rail passes by now, heading north towards and the new station moved to the south side to be nearer the main part of town. … Read more
The Historical Burnett Heads Lighthouse is the original lighthouse at Burnett Heads from 1873. Burnett Heads at the time was called Barolin Marine Township. It was re-sited in 1972 for preservation after it was replaced with a more modern automated lighthouse in 1971. Burnett Heads wasn’t it’s first location, first built for Cowan Cowan Point … Read more
Mon Repos Regional Park is on the coast between Bargara and Burnett Heads. Much of the coastline is rocky basalt slabs. Mon Repos is a kilometre of sandy beach between the rocks. The sandy beach is the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland. The Mon Repos Turtle Centre is open … Read more
Amandine Lavender is a small family owned and operated the lavender farm near Bargara. Originally a third generation sugarcane farm, it was changed to introduce an alternative industry to the sugarcane. It is a boutique farm, growing lavender to supply the onsite gift shop. It grows a range of lavender varieties, predominately Grey French Lavender … Read more
Barolin Homestead was originally built by Nugent Wade Brown in 1875, named after the area. Barolin was first named Borolin, an aboriginal word meaning ‘land of the Kangaroo’. It was bought by Sidney North Innes in 1912, and being in disrepair was shortly rebuilt, which is what can be seen today. The Innes family subdivided … Read more
Barolin Point Dive Site is a rocky outcrop along the coast at Coral Cove. From the parking area, there are toilets, a shelter with table and bench chairs, and an information board. The Barolin Point Dive Site is north along a walkway that runs from Bargara. Continue past the point and you can walk to … Read more
The Hummock is a hill in an otherwise very flat Bundaberg and surrounds, the weathered remains of a small basaltic volcano. It was bought by RACQ in the 1930s to be a landmark and lookout in the Bundaberg region and later sold to Bundaberg council. When it was officially opened it was described as Bundaberg’s … Read more
Archive: This location is no longer in operation. Schmeider’s Cooperage, operating as Bundy Keds, have moved to Hill St. Head to Bundaberg Rum Distillery and Bundy Kegs are on the right when you turn into Hill St. Schmeider’s Cooperage is not far from the Bundaberg Rum Distillery , just up the road. At the entrance of … Read more
Fairymead House is an old plantation house built in the late 1800s as the family home of the Young family who established Fairymead Plantation and Fairymead Sugar Mill. The home is located in the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens, one of 3 attractions that can be visited at the same place, the other two being Hinkler Aviation … Read more
