Warra Hotel (35 km east of Chinchilla), trading since 1876 is a classic Queensland pub
Cecil Plains
Built in 1932 as a Cecil Plains boarding house, it took until 1938 and three concerted attempts for the hotel to obtain its licence – hence the name “Victory”
Aubigny
A sea of sunflowers near AubignySt John’s Lutheran Church opened in 1886 and is still operational The town lots were offered for sale in the new town of Aubigny in December 1885, but only two lots were sold at that time, one to the Lutheran church and one to the Catholic church. We camped behind the Aubigny Hotel – Saturday night and it was packedThe best Chicken Parmi we’ve ever had
Sunday 21 March: Aubigny to Queen Mary Falls 170km
Pittsworth
A local woman told me this used to be the Pittsworth ANZ Bank
Nobby
Rudd’s Pub, Nobby was built in 1893 and originally called the Davenporter Author Steele Rudd wrote some of his famous Australian “Dad & Dave” stories here
Clifton
Clifton Arms Hotel has been going since at least 1897A steam train comes from Warwick to Clifton twice a year
Allora
Allora still has 3 pubs: The Railway (1902), The Commercial (1892) and The Blue Cow (1860)Eastern Rosella on the roof of the Railway HotelThere are 33 buildings on the Allora Heritage Trail. This is the 1906 CBC Bank
Killarney
Killarney Hotel opened in 1867 – note the fire escape ladder from the top floor
Queen Mary Falls
Queen Mary Falls from below the 40 meters drop- there’s plenty of water after the rainNearby Teviott Brook plunges 38m at Daggs FallsJoys of camping in the rain – Wagu Sausages bought from the farm in Chinchilla
Monday 22 March: Queen Mary Falls to Boonah 170km
Our original plan to cross into NSW for a night and return over the Border Ranges via the scenic Lions Road was thwarted by heavy rain so instead we stuck to the main road to Woodenbong and on to Boonah.
Crossing into the mysterious and previously forbidden New South WalesKoreelah Creek swollen from recent rainThe Rainforest Way in northern NSW would be a very nice drive in better weather
Commercial Hotel in Boonah opened in 1905, with all rooms lit by acetylene gas lampsBack of the Australian Hotel – it’s been serving beer to Boonah locals since 1888Continuous rain during our night at the Boonah Showgrounds, thankfully we were dry in the van
Tuesday 23 March: Boonah to Brisbane 95 km
We returned our campervan to Apollo after driving about 2000 km in two weeks.
It took us three attempts to find a non flooded road out of Boonah. The Cunningham Highway was cut and the road we used closed in 2 places due flooding after we passed through.
