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Not a lot of notice but we are having a get together with Glassies, 3/5/13 at Dickabram bridge, Miva.

Glassies only have the 3/4/&5 available, out time is unlimited so if any one wishes to drop in your most welcome.

Have not been to this site before but have it on good info thats its an ok site..

JC.

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A little more info now available.

Coordinates;  25 57 15.2S    152 29 40.4E  North of Gympie, turn off the Bruce hwy at Gunalda, follow the Miva rd to the Mary river.

Also can be googled as Dickabram bridge, or the coordinates for the map,  there's a you tube video  of the old bridge, info from the GN site & more.

JC.

 



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I'll be at my sisters at Tin Can Bay for the Anzac Day 'long weekend', but I can't make any plans for the following week untill I hear from the Hospital.

I'd love to see you all again. smile



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would be great to catch up with you beth heres hoping hey good luck

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I am trying to include it in my plans, heres hoping. Will try for 3rd, 4th and 5th. Its not far from here.

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Is anyone there already? I'm at my sisters at Tin Can Bay for a few days, so I thought I might do a day trip over there if anyone's there.



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Beth54 wrote:

Is anyone there already? I'm at my sisters at Tin Can Bay for a few days, so I thought I might do a day trip over there if anyone's there.

 Beth, it will be the 3rd before Glassies & our selves can get there.



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Ok JC.



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We went for a drive out through this area today. Had lunch at Dickabram Bridge, beside a bunch of grey nomads, but none were OUR GN's.

That old bridge is amazing. And boy, is there a lot of flood rubble piled up around it. I took a couple of photos on my smartphone, so I'll see if I'm smart enough to upload them. biggrin



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Well, it seems the smartphone doesn't take as good a photo as my camera, but I forgot to bring the camera with me.

These people told us about a red claw farm nearby, where you can do a tour and have a wonderful meal. http://www.cheraxpark.com.au/

We had a picnic with us so didn't go there, but we've added it to our list of places to go back to. We decided Dickabram Bridge would be a lovely spot to camp for a couple of days.

Alas, I won't be back up this way next week when you'll be there JC and glassies and all.



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There is a lot of history about this bridge, worth a reasonable amount of research.

Destroyed by a flood a couple of years after it was first built, and the story of the worker who dissapeared complete with his wheel barrow full of concrete.

The story goes that he was the last person to deliver a barrow load of concrete to one of the pylons just before lunch, or knockoff time, nobody ever saw him or his barrow again.

It is just possible he went down the steel pylon following his barrow.

May be there is more info re: this story, if there is please pass it on.

The Railway line that goes over the Bridge was intended to go from "Thebine Junction" to "Ipswich".

It got to "Nanango" and construction ceased there during The First World War.

There is a gap of only 17 miles??? between "Nanango and Yarraman"

Money dried up and the link was never completed.

A very interesting piece of our History worth following up.

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There's a sign board there with the story on it Haji Baba. I just neglected to take a photo of it.

The last train to cross the bridge was only in 2008. It's very rickety looking. Everyone goes slow over it. Except one, according to the people camped there. To their horror, a 5th wheeler came roaring over the bridge and around the curve at the end and almost rolled it!

Some people shouldn't be driving big rigs...or even small rigs. no

 



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Yes Beth, I can't remember where I saw the story, a long time since I was there.

Very interesting bit of history.

The whole Bridge and supporting wood work is a wook of art. Pretty strong even now. A bit rattley, loose planks but who cares.


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I am at the bridge now Wed 

Nice spot 



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I am at the bridge now Wed 

Nice spot 

 I have been travelling around the area here , there is such a

vast amount of things to explore .

Kilkiven museum is  very much worth a look 

Aquiet a  few caravans have pulled in here at Dickabram Bridge 

I wish I  had my kayak with me 

Cheers. From Paul



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I know it's a long way down to the water, so I just got a mental picture of the kayak sliding down the grassy slope on the other side of the river, and plonking into the river. wink



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Beth54 wrote:

I know it's a long way down to the water, so I just got a mental picture of the kayak sliding down the grassy slope on the other side of the river, and plonking into the river. wink

 Yes you are right the bank is steep 

I did get to the water under the bridge , W O W the noise coming from the 

trafic going over the bridge is severe .

A very nice night condition here , not too cool 

I am so pleased I made the story to come here for a few days

A couple of the local people have come by  for a chat . 

Unusual town  here , in some ways . 

I' m going exploring down stream tomorrow . 

Still waiting for some of the G M  crew to arrive.

Cheers from Paul

 



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The history is certainly shown . I visited the bridge at Woolooga today only to find that there is not one but twBo huge bridges in Woolooga 

This part of country is steeped in early Australian history

Cheers from Paul

Yes Beth, I can't remember where I saw the story, a long time since I was there.

Very interesting bit of history.

The whole Bridge and supporting wood work is a wook of art. Pretty strong even now. A bit rattley, loose planks but who cares.


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I'm sure the others are arriving tomorrow Paul. Where did you lose you kayak? You had it at Wuruma. lol

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I'm sure the others are arriving tomorrow Paul. Where did you lose you kayak? You had it at Wuruma. lol

Na. Na  ...I did not lose the  kayak

I dropped it off at home  after I left the last trip.

I had to go home for a few days  , before going to Tiaro then here

On the way home I will go via Biggerden  , the   Bruce h/way is too busy  

Cheers from Paul



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You had me wondering there too Paul.  Good to see you're still out and about.

Cheers,

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Sorry i could not make it this time sorting out a few problems with the VW

all will soon be ok fingers crossed.

It sounds like a very interesting area will put it on my list of places to visit.

Rosebrook aww

 



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Sorry i could not make it this time sorting out a few problems with the VW

all will soon be ok fingers crossed.

It sounds like a very interesting area will put it on my list of places to visit.

Rosebrook aww

 

 You would have liked it there , at the bridge.

Cheers Micheal from Paul



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Sheba wrote:

You had me wondering there too Paul.  Good to see you're still out and about.

Cheers,

Sheba.

 Its a dam shame that we have to go back to work next week 

I have. Been having such a great 3 weeks holiday

Cheers from Paul



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Have you already left Paul?

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my van wrote:

Getting the hang of this     ???  photo thingie

 Well done! That's better shot of the camp area than the one I took.



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Have you already left Paul?

 Yes   I am back in Gracemere

 So much traffic on the road coupled with the road works   , got home  7 pm    left the bridge at  8 am

Jim was still in bed    ha  ha



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you know what ........ since I meet up with this G N site  and the  people 

I have really enjoyed camping  so much more than past trips  

Going solo previously  was somewhat ordinary , meeting up with these  Old Greys  has been a real blast .

Do  hope we have some more  meet- up very soon .

I must admit  , the nights are beginning to get a little chilly

( Jim & Graham  know how to cut wood , Yep... ! the camp fire was very nice )

bad news  , Graham  lost a red claw pot

cheers  from Paul



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Did you come through Biggenden? I'm sure I saw you driving around about 10.30 - 11am yesterday morning.

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These GN's are a great bunch Paul. I'm sorry I didn't get to met you and everyone else over the last few weeks. But there'll be other times.

I remember Jims fires from Cobb & Co last year. Yep, he sure makes a good one!

As for the 'get togethers', you can organise one yourself you know. 'Organise' is up to interpretation apparently, but you need only choose the place and dates, and that's it. As you will have seen, there's nothing organised about it once you're there. wink

 

 



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