Bundaberg Coast Tourist Information
Bundaberg Coast Tourist Information
Mundubbera & Eidsvold
Mundubbera, an aboriginal word meaning 'footsteps in the trees' is midway between Brisbane and Rockhampton at the meeting place of thre rivers - the Burnett, Boyne and Auburn. One third of the state's citrus crop is produced here, the citrus capital of Queensland. The shire is second only to Stanthorpe in grape production in the state. Orchards also grown mangos, avocados, lychees, peaches, watermelons and rockmelons. South east of Mundubbera the agriculturally rich Binjour and Gurgeena Plateaux are major grain and peanut growing areas. Beef cattle, dairying, piggeries and timber milling are also important industries. The Big Mandarin, 9 metres high, serves as a Touriest Information Centre and can be found at town centre just off the highway. On display is a Ceratodus or Lungfish which has lungs as well as gills and is native to the Burnett River. Take a walk down to the river. The Jones Weir provides a venue for water skiing, fishing, canoeing and bird watching. Pack horse tours epart the town into the surrounding bush.
The scenic Auburn River flows over water sculptured granite boulders. The rugged landscape has cataracts, rock pools, caves, sub tropical vegetation and relics from old gold fields. It is 42kms from Mundubbera on Durong and Hawkwood Roads.
The town of Eidsvold, 35kms from Mundubbera on the Burnett Highway, took its name from Eidsvold Station established in 1848 by the pioneeringArcher family. They named the station after their home in Norway, Eidsvoll. In 187 a goldfield was declared and the town grew up at the foot of Warden's Hill, site of early mining activities. After 12 years the gold petered out and the area founded its fortunes on beef. Grain citrus, peanuts, cotton and timber are also important. A host farm is situated on the riverside approximately 8kms from town. Eidsvold's past can be seen in the slab homestead 'knockbreak' built in the late 1850's and part of the Eidsvold Historical Complex. there's a Railway Sliding with examples of rolling stock and cottages, the Duncan & Shulzcollection of bottles, pioneering tools and memorabillia and the George Schafer Collection, a superb display on one man's lifetime collection of rocks, gems, bottles and unusual items.
