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The Australia Heritage Festival is held every year at the Jondaryan Woolshed, which was one of the largest sheep shearing stations in Queensland. The Woolshed is now also a museum, with many working tractors, pumps and equipment.

We would normall drive up and then back in one day, however this time we decided to spend a night in Dalby. The Chinese restaurant next to our motel made a magnificant meal and Gai had the duck. She liked it so much that we ended up getting another serve to bring back home with us.




Our bed for
the night.

Time for a cold beer
and the paper.

Time to
start walking.

The vintage cars
are all lined up.

A Marshall built
in 1906.

This one was pumping
water with the ducks swimming.

A mechanical
organ.

The parade began with
sheep dogs and sheep.

The bullock
team.

A team of
clydesdale horses.

Steam
tractor.

And
another.

Old
tractors.

Dressed up in
period costume.

Steam
truck.

More
bullocks.

The
clydesdales.

Another
team.

Steam
tractor.

And yet
another.

Steam
waggon.

The Navy
Steam Club.

H.M.A.S.
Cerberus.

Notice the crank
handle for starting.

Geared
wheels.

Spiked
wheels.

Not my idea
of comfort.

An interesting
one.

Towing the
grader.

This harvester was
still in working order.

An old
truck.

This one needs
some work on it.

A
motor bike.

Grand Concert
Street Organ.

Cards used to
play the tunes.

View of
the grounds.

Clive tries out
an old plough.

Looking towards
more machinery.

Gai
resting.

Memories. I used to
sit at desks like this.

The
stables.

This is only part
of the shearing shed.

View of
the pens.

Sheep waiting. Is
it my turn yet ?.


Interesting facts
sheet one.

Interesting facts
sheet two.

A sheep herding
deomonstration.

More old waggons
and machinery.

Clive finds
the steam trains.

Loading up
the passengers.

Big kids
& little kids.

Letting off
steam.

Even a
big diesel.

More working
machinery.

Gai
smiling.

Ploughing the field
- the hard way.

Scale model of
an earlier picture.

Gardens to the
craft cottage.

The washing
line.

Gai and the
Black Stump.