Gympie Ultimate Steam Festival

Steam Festival Program - April 2011

Friday 22rd July 2011

TIMES WOODWORKS
THE FORESTRY & TIMBER MUSEUM		 GYMPIE GOLD MINING & HISTORICAL MUSEUM RED ROCKET TRAIN @
OLD GYMPIE RAILWAY STATION
9.00am   Small Steam Engine Demonstrations  
9.30am   Hot Air Engine Demonstrations Departs Gympie
10.00am   Official Opening Ceremony  
10.00am – 3.00pm
All Day Demonstrations and Displays		      
10.15am     Arrives Amamoor
10.30am   Heritage Bus Tour to Suncoast Gold
Mobile Steam Equipment Demo		  
10.45am     Departs Amamoor
11.30am   Steam Mining
Machinery Demonstration		 Arrives Gympie
Entertainment
12.00noon     Entertainment
12.30pm   Steam Portable/
Agricultural Demonstration		 Departs Gympie
1.00pm   Lunch/Entertainment  
1.15pm     Arrives Amamoor
1.30am   Mobile Steam Equipment Demonstration  
1.45pm     Departs Amamoor
2.00pm   Heritage Bus Tour to Suncoast Gold  
2.30pm   Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration Arrives Gympie
3.00pm   Hot Air Engine Demonstration  
4.00pm   Closing Time  

Saturday 23rd July 2011

TIMES WOODWORKS
THE FORESTRY & TIMBER MUSEUM		 GYMPIE GOLD MINING & HISTORICAL MUSEUM THE VALLEY RATTLER @
OLD GYMPIE RAILWAY STATION
9.00am Steam Saw Mill Demonstration Small Steam Engine Demonstrations  
9.30am   Hot Air Engine Demonstrations Departs Gympie
10.00am Pit Demonstration Mobile Steam Equipment Demonstrations  
10.00am – 3.00pm
All Day Demonstrations and Displays		 Model Steam Engines
Hot Air Engines
Portable Sawmills
Wood Chopping Demo
Woodworker’s Club
Operational Drag Saw
Shingle Splitting
PFSQ Plantation Display
    
10.30am Blacksmith Demonstration   Arrives Amamoor
11.00am Official Re Opening of the Woodworks Museum
Boiler Whistle Blow
 Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration  
11.15am     Departs Amamoor
11.30am     Departs Dagun
12.00noon Steam Saw Mill Demonstration Steam Portable /
Agricultural Demonstration
  
12.15pm     Arrives Gympie
Entertainment
1.00pm Lunch/Entertainment Lunch/Entertainment Entertainment
1.00pm - 2.00pm Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover
1.30pm Pit Demonstration
Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover 		Grand Parade
Includes Scale Steam Locomotive and Steam Launch on Lake Alford
Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover 		Entertainment
Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Flyover
1.45am     Departs Gympie
2.00pm Chainsaw Demonstration    
2.30pm   Steam Portable / Agricultural Demonstration  
2.45pm     Arrives Amamoor
3.00pm Boiler Shut Down Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration  
3.15pm     Arrives Dagun
4.00pm Closing Time Hot Air Engine & Small Steam Engine Demonstration Depart Dagun
4.45pm     Arrives Gympie
5.00pm   Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration  
6.30pm   Steam Theme Dinner & film/slide Presentation & Live Entertainment  
9.00pm   Closing Time  

Sunday 24th July 2011

TIMES WOODWORKS
THE FORESTRY & TIMBER MUSEUM		 GYMPIE GOLD MINING & HISTORICAL MUSEUM THE VALLEY RATTLER @
OLD GYMPIE RAILWAY STATION
9.00am Pit Demonstration
Boiler Start up		 Small Steam Engine Demonstrations  
9.30am   Hot Air Engine Demonstrations  
10.00am Blacksmith Demonstration Mobile Steam Equipment Demonstrations Departs Gympie
10.00am – 3.00pm
All Day Demonstrations and Displays		 Model Steam Engines
Hot Air Engines
Portable Sawmills
Wood Chopping Demo
Woodworker’s Club
Operational Drag Saw
Shingle Splitting
PFSQ Plantation Display		    
11.00am   Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration  
11.15am     Arrives Kandanga
12.00noon Steam Saw Mill Demonstration Steam Portable /
Agricultural Demonstration
 Arrives Inmbil
1.00pm Lunch/Entertainment Lunch/Entertainment  
1.30pm   Grand Parade
Includes Scale Steam Locomotive and Steam Launch on Lake Alford		  
2.00pm Chainsaw Demonstration   Departs Imbil
2.30pm   Steam Portable / Agricultural Demonstration  
3.00pm Boiler Shut Down Steam Mining Machinery Demonstration Arrives Dagun
4.00pm Closing Time Closing Time Arrives Gympie

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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...