Day 10 - Gayndah to Maroochydore

Just as we were coming into Gayndah we could see a very big river and bridge.

This is the Burnett River. 

You can see where the floods had been along the edge of the river. On the right hand side of the photo above you can see a water tower. 

The water tower on the right.

Me below the water tower.

This is me beside the water tower. The original one was beside it but was damaged in the floods so they had to put a new one in.

This is the top of the water tower. On it's left is the flood level guide, it only goes to 17 metres.

It had markers on it from 1893 and 1890. They were not as high as the flood in February.

This photo is from the flood. When I took the photo of the top of the water tower I was standing at the end of the building on the right. That is the museum with all machinery in it.

The building on the left is also the museum and Information Centre.

This is the big bridge from the first photo.

The water was very high and very hard to imagine. It must have been very scary for the town people, as there was no way out.

Gayndah is Queensland's oldest town. it was established in 1847.

Gayndah was meant to be the capital of Queensland but the river was not deep enough for the cargo ships to unload. 

The name Gayndah is from Aboriginal names meaning either 'thunder' or 'place of scrub'.

The town is also the centre of Queensland Citrus Growing.

The big orange.

A lot of the homes in this area are big Queenslanders.

We then headed off to Goomeri for brunch. They have a Pumpkin festival every year.

After that we went to Maroochydore to stay at my 'Great' Uncle Rods for a couple of days.