Category: Transport
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Cobb and Co Coach Robbery
The goldfields and surrounding were harsh and dangerous times. Gold and money were transported on the…
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Peace Loan Aeroplane Crash
THE WRECKOwing to the insufficiency of the cleared space, the plane failed to raise high enough…
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Bert Hinkler Lands in Gympie, 1921
Many thanks to Kathryn Simpson for contributing the following article on Bert Hinkler’s landing in Gympie…
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Mothar Mountain Speedway
The Mothar Mountain Speedway began in the early 1960s. According to Speedway and Road Race History…
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Lewis Bros Bus Trips
Did you ever take a Lewis Bros bus to Noosa or Maroochydore?
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Aircraftman Edwin ‘Ted’ Ridler
Many thanks to the Queensland Police Museum for allowing us to share this blog. View the…
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Car rally – June 1966
Car rallys were all the go one time – when you had to use a paper…
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Plane Crashes in Como Scrub
It was sad news when a plane was found in Como Scrub after it went missing…
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Tractor Safety
A farm safety seminar was held at the Gympie Showgrounds on Thursday 17 October, 1968. A…
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Gympie Aerodrome Opening
Gympie Aerodrome Opening The Gympie Aerodrome opened on Saturday 7 May 1966 to much fanfare. Costing…
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Launch Smashed by Huge Wave Near Double Island Point
Launch smashed by huge wave near Double Island Point The 33ft cabin cruiser, Beagle, was swamped…
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Pettigrew’s Cooloola Tramway Complex
On 30 October 1873 the colony’s first private railway, operated by Pettigrew and Sim to haul…
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Tamaree Rail Disaster
Six people were killed in a train accident at Tamaree on Saturday 18 October, 1947. The…
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Gympie Railway
The opening of the North Coast Line between Gympie and Maryborough in 1881. This was one…
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The Opening of the Brisbane to Gympie Railway
The opening of the Brisbane to Gympie Railway. On 18 July 1891 the Brisbane to Gympie…
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Traveston Creek Rail Accident
On the 9 June 1925 the mail train to Rockhampton derailed on a bridge across Traveston…
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Natone Shipwreck
Natone Shipwreck off Rainbow Beach 1959. The Natone was previously called the Wyatt Earp and had…
