GO TO GYMPIE! I Mary Valley, Queensland, Australia Travel Vlog 139, 2022
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2022
- This week we Go to Gympie!
Gympie is situated 170 km north of Brisbane on the Mary River and less than an hour from the Sunshine Coast. We talk about how this town saved the entire state of Queensland in 1867 and we visit a flower farm saved from the recent floods (in 2022) by the local community.
With land in Gympie being very affordable compared to the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane, a lot of people have made the move to Gympie in the last couple of years....the historic Gympie Station is also home to the Mary Valley Rattler steam train.
Gympie has many beautiful old buildings from the Gold Rush days and is definitely worth stopping for a look next time you're driving through on the Bruce Highway.....
WHERE DID WE GO?
Petal Head Farm & Florist
35 Stumm Rd
Southside QLD 4570
WHERE DID WE EAT?
Turmeric 150
150 Mary St
Gympie QLD 4570
Brisbane City QLD 4000
Open Tuesday to Saturday
12-2pm, 5-8pm
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My first experience with Gympie was when I was around 4 years old. My parents decided to take us kids for a drive there. We lived on a pineapple farm west of Woombye then. They'd moved up from Victoria in 1959, the year before I was born. Anyway, someone had told them if ever they see green clouds, run for cover as it means hail storms. Well, we encountered one such storm whilst in Gympie and sheltered under cover. The hail stones were about the size of cricket balls and I can still remember as a 4 year old screaming as the noise of them hitting the shop roofs and the street. I'm 63 now and live in Devonport Tasmania. It amuses me how Tasmanians call sleet hail. I tell them of me first encounter of hail in Gympie.
Wow! That’s a great story, thanks for sharing 🤗
Beautiful town, beautiful flowers, and beautiful people
Perfectly said Finlay ❤️ Have a great weekend ☀️
Thanks
I just love Gympie! Thanks for sharing ❤ Beautiful flowers 🌺
Thanks Hanelie 😊 Yes, the flowers were amazing….and they lasted almost three weeks!
Great video, really interesting facts Beth.
Thanks Patricia 😊
Thank you, Beth and Paul, for showing us Gympie. Certainly, a lot of History behind it. Queensland has so much to see. I'm so sorry to hear that the floods ruin a lot of businesses. Hope Harriet and i can make it one day. Love you Guys. 🙏🙏🙏 Harriet, Jim and Yuki. Richmond, Va.
Hi Harriet & Jim 🤗 We hope you’ve had a good week and thanks for watching our trip to Gympie. It was great to see things getting back to normal again after the floods earlier this year. It’s a quaint little down with some beautiful old buildings 😊
May be you wanted to say Mary Street and not Mary Valley ?
Well it's a beautiful video. Thanks for the sharing.
At the 50 second mark, I see you caught on video the kid that painted all that graffiti . 😄
Donna commented that all of these towns you take us to, have done such a great job of preserving the early architecture and feel of Australia's past. In Canada, far too many towns and cities have flattened beautiful old buildings and substituted bland modern structures,
Hi David & Donna 😆 ha ha! Queensland has some really pretty old towns and a lot of the older architecture is unique to Queensland because the buildings were built for our subtropical climate. A good example is the ‘Queenslander’ houses that have wrap around balconies and are up from the ground to allow cool breezes to flow under the house….unfortunately, we also lost a lot of beautiful old buildings over the years, but it seems they are treasured more now than ever before which should help to preserve them in the future ❤️
Loved the Video. Gympie is my home town.
How fabulous are those flowers! Thank you for sharing with us! So good to see local people doing well and recovering✨🌹💕
Thanks for watching Janice 🤗 and yes the flowers were amazing and lasted 2 weeks!
Great story
Thanks @Brisbane City Bus 🤗
We are visiting Gympie from Canberra and really enjoyed watching your video. Despite being quite small, there are plenty of interesting things to do in the area 😊
Thanks Danielle 🤗 we hope you’re having a great trip!
Gympie means Bad which is why it was used for the plant.
The Gympie Gympie means Bad,Bad as a clear warning to everybody about the plant.
Hi @Eleven Eleven 😊 We didn’t know that…but it makes a lot of sense! Thanks for sharing ❤️
Can’t get enough of watching your trips . Exploring many beautiful places I have been curious about or been before but not able to explore as much as would like . So lovely great to know more about Gympie. I usually stop there for breaks when on way to Maryborough but never got to explore it . Next time I think I will try
We’re so pleased you’re enjoying our videos!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, Gympie is such a lovely place. It’s great that this video was longer than usual as I love watching you guys! 👍🏻😊
Thanks Anita 🤗 we’re really happy you enjoyed it! Enjoy the rest of your weekend ☀️
I would bulldoze Gympie into a big hole if I could. Worst place I have ever lived! (I have lived, not just pasted through 17-18 different towns/cities)
Beautiful flowers and beautiful story. I recently travelled through Gympie from NSW to FNQ return and as mentioned, I didn't stop, only passed through via the Bruce Hwy. I will be heading that way again and will make a point of stopping this time. I'd love to see you do a visit to Childers one day... you bring the towns so much to life :)
Hi Jane, thank you so much for your kind message. We love the idea of visiting Childers…are there any places in particular you would like us to visit? We’ll try and get there in the next couple of months 🤗
Thanks for this lovely video! Really nice positive story about the flowers and they looked beautiful. It must have been heartbreaking to have lost everything in the floods. The thai food also looked amazing. We'll be sure to visit Gympie! 🥰
Thanks Julie 🤗 Yes, the Thai food is awesome!!! It was sad to see some of the shops are still empty, but we were really happy to see so many have reopened and more people out and about since our last visit there a few months ago. It really is a quaint old Queensland town and well worth a wander 😊
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That was lovely 😊💐. Such a lovely story about the young florist. We had a lovely pie lunch there way back. Such a lovely man he was😊. He told us to visit Amamoor as that's where travelled from every day. We never did get there😞. He said that's where all the limes come from. Thanks again 🥰. See you next week. 🥰💐🥰
Hi Carol 😊 We thought it was a great story too...hearing how the Gympie community have supported this great little flower farm ❤️ Especially as so much of the community would have been affected by the floods. Don't worry, you can go to Amamoor on your next visit! Oh and the flowers are still very much alive and look so pretty on our kitchen table 💐
@@BethandPaultravel in your new jug from Myers 💐😊💐.
Ha ha ha ….great pick up Carol!!!!
Beautiful
Thanks so much Mehmet 😊 We hope your having a good weekend ☀️
This is amazing... You make me to eat again😀 Loves from Canada🇨🇦✌️♥️
Thanks Sarbaaz 😊 We’re really happy you are enjoying our videos from Canada 🇨🇦
sounds great johns having his binghams fish pie lettice tomatoes and side salad ,he was born in australia at the same time as the queen and came to england with his father major general norman clowes .he would love to come back there but it would i think be to much of a journey for him .loved the parakets in the back ground they are such funny creatures .great video
Thanks Alison, we’re really happy you’re both still enjoying our videos. Fish pie sounds pretty good. Yes, the Queen outlived both of our parents. We’ve been watching the coverage on TV this weekend and learning about royal protocols and traditions. We hope you both have a great week 🤗
You should come to taste my Chinese food in Gympie, Lily's Chinese kitchen
Sounds great! We’ll make sure to pop in next time we’re in Gympie 😊
Beautiful as usual. Thanks for the little stories that go along with your videos and great eating spots you introduce. Always enjoy your videos in chilly Melbourne 💐
Hi Yasemin 🤗 Thanks so much for your kind words! We’ve been lucky enough to live up here for a fairly long time now….but we still ❤️ Melbourne (always will because it’s our hometown where we grew up, met each other, got married etc). We can’t wait to get back there for another visit soon 😉 Keep warm ☀️
@@BethandPaultravel thank you, I'm coming up to Qld, to Sunshine Coast early October. My daughter lives in Toowoomba and can't wait to see her when I come up. Hope it's not too wet !
How wonderful! We love Toowoomba 🤗 we’ll keep our fingers crossed that the weather is perfect for your visit ☀️
Have you been to Tuchekoi because I am going there for a school camp
Great idea! We’ll add it to our list!