Cooyar to Kooralgin

[@Divocwax]

With this to watch, and no adds, why would I want TV? Keep up your great work.

[@AnarchyEnsues]

So much history.

[@Beyondthebackyard-au]

History is favorite subject so I am really enjoying this series.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Great - thanks for coming along!

[@Daniel-mo2vp]

I just discovered this channel. This is an amazing stuff. I'm on my own voyage by kayak down the river from wivanhoe but this is next level.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Hi Daniel -maybe we’ll meet along the way! How far along are you?

[@Daniel-mo2vp]

@@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600 I've just reached Kholo Bridge. However, will likely need to skip through to Colleges crossing due to access laws above Mt Crosby. Good luck

[@wendybrealey8368]

What a fascinating trip. I love the history and learning so much about the area and the river north of where I spent my teenage years around Moore and Linville in the ‘70s - when the river was flowing. Yours is a trip I often thought would be interesting but got put in the too hard basket so love being able to take it virtually! Catching up and then look forward to the rest.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Thanks Wendy - it's almost the the too-hard basket, lots of coordination with landowners etc., but once we're on the trail it's all worth it. Linville and Moore coming up in the next couple of walks. If you know of any particular points of interest, let us know.

[@wendybrealey8368]

I asked my friend Kate Doyle to give you any suggestions. She lives in Linville and was involved in the early years with establishing the Rail Trail - interviewing Peter Kruger or someone else involved in its establishment and management should be Interviewed. The rail trail has significantly helped regenerate the little towns of Linville and Moore. Linville of course has a still working sawmill. Then up Mt Stanley is the Lions Camp Duckadang where they held (may still do) camps for disabled or disadvantaged kids. Heading to Moore Kate is involved in the Moore Supper Room Art Gallery, based in the supper room of the old hall. Someone from the district could tell some stories of the dances held there, debutante balls, new year etc. Even in my time in the 70s they were still held almost monthly. Also the Moore Rodeo was famous in its day as one of the best small rodeos on the circuit. The old Moore school is also now a craft shop and cafe. We owned the Colinton PO store but it’s south of Moore and probably too far from the river. Emu Creek runs here to the river. The war memorial here though is the oldest in Qld I believe. (The store was almost completely destroyed in a mini cyclone in the early 80s just after Mum and Dad sold - I heard the only bit left intact was the rooms Dad,a carpenter, renovated). It is now just a petrol station. Kate can probably suggest the best older local to talk about the various history around Mt Stanley, Linville and Moore.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

@@wendybrealey8368 Thank you Wendy! The plan at this point is to cover Avoca Vale to Linville in the next walk, looking at some of the properties along the way. The following walk will be Linville to a point south of More, walking along the Rail Trail. We will probably finish at the point where the D'Aguillar Highway crosses the river. So the history of Linville and the Rail Track will be at the beginning of the walk after next - October timeframe. Is there a way that I can get a hold of Kate? I'd be keen to talk to her (and I don't believe I have yet, having searched my correspondence).

[@lachlandavis9878]

My great-grandmother is in the photo at 15:39, she worked at Cooyar Station for a time in the early 1900s before marrying the local timber-getter Charles Henry Davis.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Thanks Lachlan, I thought the photo was early 1900s

[@gerdamurdoch6960]

My parents build the swinging bridge 😍.

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

They did a fantastic job. Were they German, as we were told by locals?

[@christienaceve]

@@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600 Dutch.

[@gerdamurdoch6960]

@@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600 yes they were. Dad has passed away unfortunately but mum still loves it in cooyar.

[@gerdamurdoch6960]

@@christienaceve mum is German lol

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

@@gerdamurdoch6960 So we were half-right in the video:-)

[@graemepearson1036]

Why is it the head of the brisbane river when the creek is called Cooyar creek just because it is so called the furtherest from the mouth when the east branch and western branch are called brisbane river well what should they be called cooyar runs into the combination of these i still disagree that cooyar is the head

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

I don't think you can call the Bunyas the "Head of the Brisbane", but it's one of the valid definitions of "Source". Wikipedia has a good summary of it in the "River Source" article. Also - see my post in the "Brisbane River the Whole Journey" Facebook page - feel free to join.