Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival

Contact the Festival Organisers

The Valley Rattler Office
Old Gympie Satation,
Tozer Street
Gympie.

Phone: 07 5482 2750
Fax: 07 5482 6213

email: admin@gympieultimatesteam.com
Web: www.gympieultimatesteam.com

Gympie Ultimate Steam Venue Location Map

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Heritage Steam Attractions


Valley Rattler The Valley Rattler heritage steam train will run three hour trips twice a day over the four day Gympie ltimate 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...		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 on Sunday and Monday during the festival. Click to read more...

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...		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...