Maryborough
We spent the day (Friday) in Maryborough which is about 36kms south of Hervey Bay. It is one of the oldest cities in Australia being first settled in 1847. Many of Australia’s first settlers entered the colony via the Port of Maryborough between 1859 and 1901. It is a very historic town with lots of museums and restored and not so restored old buildings. It has a population of 26,000 and its rainfall is between 900-1100mm annually – hence it is green! Maryborough’s claim to fame is that the author of Mary Poppins, P L Travers was born here and there is a statue outside the building where she was born and many testaments to her around town. An annual event is the Mary Poppins festival (on this Sunday) where they have the best Mary Poppin’s lookalike competition, chimney sweeping competitions, stalls and lots of other fun things. We are thinking of going for something different. We did the 1.5 hour walk heritage walk around the city taking in a lot of the history and looking at the old buildings, a lot have been restored to their former glory. We then did a drive tour around looking at the old Queenslander homes the city is famous for. Apparently Maryborough has the most old Queenslanders in the State. Some are just gorgeous and are immaculate. From what I’ve seen on the internet some inside look just like modern homes. The cost of houses here is really very reasonable $350K could easily buy you a nice home and in some cases on acreage. One thing we have noticed here and in Queensland generally is that people don’t seem to have landscaped gardens. Its almost like they plonk their house on the block and that’s about it except for the hills hoist and a shed. Hardly any homes we looked at in Maryborough had gardens to speak of. Not sure where they entertain guests, must be indoors or on verandahs.
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