Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival

Gympie Woodworks Museum

Woodworks The Forestry and Timber Museum, Gympie.

Woodworks The Forestry and Timber Museum 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.

Gympie Woodworks Museum

Gympie Woodworks Museum milling timber.The Gympie WoodWorks Museum is situated just north of Gympie, less than three hours drive north of Brisbane, Woodworks the Forestry and Timber Museum, is a living historical museum focused on the timber and forestry industries from their colonial beginnings up to the 1950`s.

The Museum includes a significant collection including pioneering handtools, timber samples, timber getting and forestry equipment and associated transport.

Features include:
• large selection of pioneering handtools used in timber getting and saw milling
• 619 year old Kauri Pine disc section
• bullock wagons
• blacksmith shop
• replica timber getter`s hut
• a replica of a 1860s steam driven bush sawmill
• 1925 Republic truck.


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Heritage Steam Attractions

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Valley Rattler

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...

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 on Sunday and Monday during the festival. Click to read more...

 

   

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...