GAYNDAH QLD - Scary Backpacker / Low cost camp / Rail history tour / Citrus country, The Big Orange

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In this video we take you to Gayndah Qld. Staying at an old Railway terminal we went on a tour through some carriages and learnt about the local railway history.
Gayndah is well known for the citrus grown in the region and we purchased some delicious oranges from the "Big Orange".
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[@PeacefulBlueMackerel-uv1se]

The man who does the railway tour is my father I hope you enjoyed his tour

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

It was a great tour and we chatted afterwards about my Dad and Grandpa working on the railways. Please tell him we enjoyed the morning. Thank you for watching 👀

[@dianarunge2364]

I would be more nervous on the bridge than of the backpacker lol😂. The bridge was amazing. John is a cheeky sod lol 😂. Gayndah is an interesting town. We actually have been I. Mellors and even bought a tea towel. That rail heritage place for caravans was never there. It looks a great spot very historic. Apparently Gayndah is the oldest town in queensland

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

I would have liked to walk right to the end, I should not have looked down lol.

[@j.whiteoak6408]

It very nearly became the State Capital instead of Brisbane. How different things would have been if it had. It's a beautiful place and is filled with the friendliest people I've ever met 😊

[@chrisellis4137]

Hello Jon and Tracie, another interesting story. I get a bit of a chuckle about Jon and his goldfish brain, I am like that also. Till next week safe travels

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

He cracks me up at times but man frustrating at other times lol

[@patrickmcinnes451]

I love your journey. I would probably do the exact same towns you are travelling. I am a Queenslander and love all the little towns I grew up close by. Keep up the videos and enjoy your history talks. ❤

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Queensland is so full of interesting history. Thank you for watching 👀

[@beyondthegreyoz]

Haha the backpacker 😂 great adventure 👍

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

I truly was freaking out lol. Thanks for watching 👀

[@patrickmcinnes451]

Oh and the store you spoke of the flying fox I actually saw in Mt Morgan in a shop there. It was really interesting to see and can only imagine what it was like back in the day.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

I was really disappointed it had closed, would have been interesting to see.

[@kyliedrost3589]

Love following ypur journey theough QLD. You are visiting all the places we are thinking of retiring in.❤

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

We are loving these country towns, so beautiful aren't they. Thanks for watching 👀

[@user-rd1ry9mh2p]

Don’t think of retiring in Gayndah if you want peace because you will get none just giving you the heads up😮😮😮

[@koromachbharat]

30 years ago, I traveled around Australia for half a year. I only had a tourist visa. it was difficult to get a job without a work visa. nevertheless, I was in this town - Gayndah, for 2 weeks I picked tangerines from some crazy family that didn't want to pay us for our work. my friend and I hitchhiked from Bowen to Sydney. In Gayndah, we slept in the camp, but the owner of the camp kicked us out of the camp after a few days because we were showering together. then we went across the bridge to another camp and waited for work, but we didn't find it. .....while waiting for work, we drank in taverns along the main road. the whole town drank in these taverns. young and grand mothers , , children, the whole city.the beer flowed in streams. there was a long towel on the counter in the pub . every now and then the waitress pushed it into the funnel - she was wet from the beer .there was also an elderly lady drinking there, who invited us to spend the night with her. her house was full of canned goods. she didn't cook anything. for dinner she opened a can of spaghetti goulash. there were cats in the house, everything stank of cat urine. when we got up in the morning, she was gone. only cats and canned goulash. ​ what memories...... then we wanted to go to the coast, but the buses didn't run every day. just a few days per week. we hitchhiked all day along the road but no one stopped us. it wasn't until late in the evening that the truck carrying tangerines to Bundaberg stopped.... I was 26 years old at the time. crazy trip around crazy good australia.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Wow what an adventure and something you cab tell your kids and grandkids. Thanks for watching 👀

[@koromachbharat]

i also have only very hairy baby babys -cats and a dog. but not so smelly house of cats urine.lol. greetings from Slovenia !😄

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

@@koromachbharat welcome to the channel and thanks for following 😀. I miss having a pet but wouldn't want one while travelling

[@koromachbharat]

@@onlyleavingfootprints , why not? dogs are wonderful companions. my dog is always and everywhere with me. in the car, on the bike...

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

@@koromachbharat because we are travelling through and staying at alot of national parks where dogs are not allowed

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

In my old home town of Wauchope, I recall that a grocery shop had one of those flying fox systems... it always intrigued me when I was a kid. -------- Did you ask the backpacker if the boots you saw, were his? -------- It's a shame the Queensland inland rail system is now no longer used. A lot of the towns out there, still have remnants of it.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Haha did not give it a thought of asking the backpacker that question however he did have boots on lol. Thanks once again for watching 👀

[@stevecoe499]

Turn the camera around so we can see where u r going.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Okie.dokie

[@OurWanderingWays]

Loving your journeys. Giving us inspiration of places to visit. We will be hitting the road next year for our bigger trip and these beautiful little places might be the ones we head to when the mad school holidays start in that state. Places to wait it out and chill for a bit.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Oh your going to love full-time travel. These little towns are far better then the busy cities and coastal towns. Thanks for watching 👀

[@OurWanderingWays]

@@onlyleavingfootprints fully agree, we won’t be full time but not planning to come home too soon. We are not city people at all. Oh and I also remember those flying fox money shoots. Gee I’m old lol.

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

@@OurWanderingWays only as old as you feel lol

[@user-rd1ry9mh2p]

I’ve lived here for 25years and I’ve definitely have seen a big change in Gayndah and not for the good or better for the people herethe backpackers are not a problem in Gayndah definitely not true whoever told you that has lied to you at least they work and work hard use your eyes don’t believe what you are told that’s for certain I love Gayndah but it is being distroyed boy authorities and councils in town 😮😮it’s sad to watch a beautiful town like this to die and it is

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Ummm we didn't say anything bad about backpackers so I am not sure what you are referring to here. We had a great chat with the backpacker we met as seen in the video. Thanks for watching though

[@jaquiebrazel7489]

husbands

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

I know right lol

[@user-rd1ry9mh2p]

History of Gayndah is great but now in 2024 it’s just a joke along with the council here today most shops have been closed and bought by a very disturbed investor and now just stay closed slowly ruining the town

[@onlyleavingfootprints]

Thats sad, it was a great town. Thanks for watching 👀