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Holidaying in Toowoomba/ Oakey Jondaryan? What to do in my town... |
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by cookclan  (June 2007) (rank 3rd) |
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Well after the articles that have been written already about Toowoomba and the surrounding areas i just wanted to add a few more to tell you a little more what there is to do here...Around about half an hour out of Toowoomba is a small town called Oakey...
Oakey
is the home to the Museum of Australian Army Flying...This place displays rvery type of aircraft flown by the Australian Army from WWII and up to the high tech military helipcopters that are being used today..there is things like a replica Bristol Bockite that is like the ones used to train pilots in WWI...
There is also the Oakey historical Museum in town which has one of the towns old slab huts...WHile you are in Oakey Why not stop for a meal in the Oakey RSL or even the local tavern... Outside of the civic centre in the middle of town is a bronze statue of the mighty racing horse Bernborouh..He is life size and has a button you can press to hear all about him...
Just a quick trip down the road to a small place called Johndaryn...This has a place that has been visited by many a tourist and enjoyed by the kids..Its the Jondaryan Woolshed and station Village...The woolshed is actually the oldest one in Queensland dating back to 1859...This museum was established in 1975...This is a place where you can experience what life was like before all the tech mod cons took over...There is sheep shearing, Blacksmithing, Working horses, Sheep dogs and enjoy a feed of dome damper washed down with a cup of billy tea...If you would like to stay here you can stay in the sheares quarters if you really want to get into the feel of the place...
I am sure I could type on for hours and hours about all the things that there is to see and do in the place I live but these few articles already written are enough to give you a taste and to tempt you to come and vist our town...
Just remember if you are coming in the winter months bring warm clothes as the wind in winter can be freezing...But doesnt take away from the things to see and do around here...
Just wanted to share
Have a great day
Cheers
Angie
Shelley
