Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival

Contact the Festival Organisers

Ultimate Steam Festival
email: admin@gympieultimatesteam.com
Web: www.gympieultimatesteam.com

Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum
P.O. Box 626 Gympie 4570
Ph: Ralph - 0408 616 709
goldmuseum@spiderweb.com.au

Gympie Woodworks Museum
Cnr Bruce Highway & Fraser Road
Ph: 07 5483 7691
Email: info@woodworksmuseum.com.au
Email: pfsq@bigpond.com

Ultimate Steam Festival
email: admin@gympieultimatesteam.com
Web: www.gympieultimatesteam.com

 


Gympie Ultimate Steam Venue Location Map

Gympie Ultimate Steam Venue Map.

 

Heritage Steam Attractions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gympie Gold Mining Museum

Mining Museum

During the Steam Festival between 10am and 3pm each day, the Gympie Gold Mine and Historical Museum will be lighting the 20,000 litre Cornish Boiler to generate the steam to operate a 110 year old Walker Winding Engine as well as operating the Thompson steam powered 12 tool 2 stage air compressor and other steam equipment. Click to read more...


Gympie Woodworks Museum

Woodworks Museum

Woodworks The Forestry and Timber Museum in Gympie provides a fascinating insight into the role of timber in Queensland and the Gympie region’s colonial beginnings. Discover how the pioneers worked the timber and how the industry evolved over the decades up to the 1950’s – from axes and adzes, to chainsaws and saw mills. Click to read more...


 

   

The Valley Rattler

Valley Rattler

The Valley Rattler heritage steam train will run over the Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival. The train features a C17 class locomotive and original wooden carriages, with volunteer locals manning the train, as you gently make your way through Mary Valley scenery, starting from the historic Old Gympie Station.Click to read more...


Click here for information on the Mary Ann replica Steam Locomotive.

The Mary Ann

The Mary Ann is a faithful replica of the first steam locomotive built in Queensland in 1873, serving on timber lines in Cooloola National Park. Based in Maryborough, and operated by Volunteers, the replica is on its second visit to Gympie and will be running tours from Old Gympie Station during the festival. Click to read more...