Brisbane's Lost World - Welcome to SAMFORD VALLEY

Only thirty minutes to the City, this oasis of trees, mountains, farms and quirky shops feels like a world-away. And someone sells worm juice.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Correction: @16:12 I say Kelvin Grove Station. It should have been Ferny Grove Station.

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Ooooooofffff, everyone be suuuuper annoyed at having no railway between Samford and all the way to Kelvin Grove lol

[@sheilahapted1568]

Thanks Rob for your great video. I have the privilege of calling Samford home and have see it flourish over the last 26yrs since moving here from the local burbs. There are many more historical treasures to be reported on in and around this Village of ours. Footnote: The tree you found with the numbers, was a surveyor's tree when putting in the road. Further along near the other Bora-ring there is an Aboriginal 'Scar tree'. Once again a job well done, thanks mate. 😊

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@sheilahapted1568 Terrific feedback, thanks so much. I myself would very much like to live at Samford. Feels just about perfect.

[@BradGryphonn]

They're a parliament of owls because they never know who is responsible when poo hits the rotating blades. "Who?" "Who?"

[@artflyer8775]

😂😂😂😂love the comment, so appropriate for what's going on in government

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

My husband has different names for different sized flocks of Galahs. Parliamentary Sub-Committee, Lower House etc.

[@11dmju]

great work. I love this exploration of local history. As for the Samford Valley rail crash in 1947, I spoke to an older gentleman a number of years ago who told me his father was the first police constable from Mitchelton Police Station who attended the crash scene. The police at the time had suspected the train driver and fireman had been drinking, but of course this was never proven.

[@VHMMP]

I haven't been back to Samford since forever and it looks nothing like how I remember it. We used to camp along the upper reaches of the creek with Boys' Brigade back in the 1960s when the area was still mostly farms and bush.

[@ClintonLovell]

There was a small mention of Highvale, to the west. It was my birthplace. My parents moved there after WW2 and took up dairy farming. Their place was on the corner of Mt Glorious Rd and Dawson Ck Rd. The property included up the side of Mt Nebo and Dad also logged cedar from up in the hills. We moved in to Mitchelton when I was three so my memories of the area are scant. Mum planted a stand of hoop pines in the late '40s, some of which still stand and can be seen from Mt Glorious Rd. I do remember playing at the Cash residence on the hill opposite the old church. Ron Cash and my folks were friends.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@ClintonLovell you must have some fascinating old photos of the area in your photo albums...

[@ClintonLovell]

@@walkaboutwithrob Mostly would be in the custody of my elder sisters. I'll see if they have next time I visit. Cheers

[@outbackstudio]

As a citizen historian, you are as authentic as it gets. Thank you for sharing.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks, you're welcome!

[@sandramackin9817]

Good one, such a pretty area.. Nice to hear of some of the history of Samford Valley.

[@scwhatl]

worm piss makes the gardens grow..love your work!

[@Tinkbook]

Loved the inclusion of some of the local Indigenous Peoples history, this would be great to include more of in future videos, do much history there to draw on.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Tinkbook thanks. I always try to include some Indigenous history in my videos. Sometimes there's much to discuss, other times unfortunately details are scarce. But I do try and will keep searching 😀

[@MrDwayne0072]

Interesting fact: At the Samford museum there is a bent section of railway track believed to be from the Camp Mountain rail disaster. Good video too, definitely keep going to Dayboro and check out thr tunnel on the way too

[@bimjan2120]

I've learnt so many fun facts to tell my friends about Brisbane because of your videos

[@bimjan2120]

Also fresh sunnies mate!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@bimjan2120 I like the yellow tint, it makes the world look brighter and happier.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

Another fantastic video. Enjoyed it very much!

[@NoNameneeded1984]

I too get somber when at Indigenous sacred sites. The numbers on the tree look like map marks. Basically gives you a datum point of where you are. Just a guess.... Great video as usual Rob.

[@leightonsmith5302]

These videos are entertaining and well researched and you are a likeable bloke

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@leightonsmith5302 thank you, most kind!

[@nininininininini7511]

I love samford valley, good driving out to samsonvale, dayboro etc.

[@mikep4948]

Awesome video Rob! I live in Samford and didn’t know about some of these places. Only about 300m from the Adventureland. Going exploring!

[@markdavidson4689]

Got married in that church (1985). Lived across the road from it for a while and our first house backed onto the closed section of Cash Ave

[@IBISChannel32]

Excellent video as always. Would you ever do a video following the old Dayboro Branch Line? I used to live out near Dayboro and there are plenty of old relics still standing in the Dayboro and Samsonvale areas. I hear Worm Juice goes alright with a shot of gin or whiskey...

[@danielmurcott4564]

Opening scene, I thought I had started watching fear and loathing in Samford Valley. Cool sunnies.

[@thegreaterbilby2171]

Really interesting info. and commentary. Thanks rob ... cheers1 🖖

[@danmckae1625]

My Mum was born and raised at Eaton's Crossing in Samford Valley. I remember her telling me about the dances at the Samford Farmers Hall. Thanks so much for making and sharing this Rob - you really helped me visualise how the village (and area) looked during the 1930's & 40's when Mum was growing up there. Cheers!

[@markb3146]

The mark in the tree will be a survey mark. The shield shape of the carving is a give away.

[@nickbenn51]

100% it is a survey reference tree.

[@GeoCaptTerror]

What an excellent walkthrough of local history! I'd love to know where exactly the quarry was. I do know though, that those numbers in the tree at 3:20 is a blaze tree; the original survey markers.

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

Certainly is. We had one on our property that was used by surveyors in 2017 when we sold off some land. The new owner cut it down!

[@laurelvize6269]

Very good.😊

[@JennyEkberg]

It really is like a little paradise out there.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I can see myself living there one day. As long as the house is way off the ground to protect me from the snakes and spiders

[@soraya2851]

Always enjoy your videos. Thank you 😊

[@the6goodwins952]

When are you going to do my part of the world Wellington Point…….love the videos mate awesome

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@the6goodwins952 it's certainly on my to-do list!

[@Pyjamarama11]

I remember Samford in the late Devonian Wonderful times, wonderful people

[@ronsmith2241]

Very well done and researched. I learned a lot I never knew. Thanks Rob.

[@divarachelenvy]

Loved this video Rob, cheers.

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

For those of us, not familiar with Brisbane, it would be nice if you put a map up at the very beginning of the video to give us some sort of bearing as to where you are relative to Brisbane. Because I always have to pause and go off to Google Maps and then come back.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@AlphaGeekgirl very good point; it's something I've been meaning to integrate into my videos.

[@ryanrogers7712]

How is it that in your video intro's when you walk down the beach there's that same message, written exactly the same way every single time??? "walkaboutswithrob" 😂 I've only recently came across your chanal and I must say I have enjoyed every single video I have watched so far😊 Keep up the good work rob. I look forward to each up coming episode mate. 😊😊😊 BTW I think worm juice is a plant nutrient made from worm castings

[@soarersan1]

Rob the carving in the tree is a Survey Reference Tree. It will be recorded on the survey of the property. As a Surveyor they are a great monument to discover and recover by chipping the over grown bark to reveal the blazed broad arrow in the heartwood. In the base of the tree beneath the shield there should be a bench carved in. The survey would measure from the back of the bench to the peg marking the corner.

[@uzetaab]

Thank you for the well researched video. Was very interesting as usual.

[@Jagermonsta]

another great vid, you deserve more subs

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I agree! 😀😆👍🏻

[@mrbaker1739]

The tree carving is a survey mark called a blaze. There is a bora ring at Nudgee waterholes reserve next to the Banyo football club.

[@shellebelle53]

I always watch these a couple of times because I don't always catch everything in the first viewing. I almost choked on my coffee this morning at your comments about the kids at adventure land having fun and getting electrocuted 🤣🤣 I also noticed the eyebrow wiggle when you were standing under the sign at 18:52 😂😂

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@shellebelle53 Apparently there was a game at the Adventure Land that if you strayed to far off a path or something, you got zapped. And yes that sign... I couldn't pass it by and not try my luck.

[@shellebelle53]

@walkaboutwithrob now that's even worse than the metal slippery slides, see-saws, monkey bars, etc, all with dirt and rocks to fall on in the parks growing up. I'd have to agree with you, the sign was too good an opportunity to pass up 😁

[@BradGryphonn]

17:50 As a young kid, I went to Adventure Land a few times. It was awesome. There was an entire aeroplane (I think it was a DC-10) that kids could climb into and run around in, complete with controls, old wiring, and sharp fuselage panels. I think they had two sets of stocks, side by side. I seem to remember my sister and in a photo in the stocks.

[@karenflynn3518]

I went to Adventureland a couple of times in the early 70's. I've been trying to find information and photos of it! Thanks for including it in your video Rob!

[@BradGryphonn]

@@karenflynn3518 I did some online searching a while back. There's a little bit out there but it's not a lot.

[@peterconaty9764]

And the Harp.

[@patriciaalonsobreier]

💖Wow great video!!! Thanks 🙏 I’m amazed with all the details you provided in this video, the historical connections between places, etc. … Now, the broomstick parking 😂 are there witches flying around at night !? 🧙‍♀️ … Samford is so beautiful, I’ve been there only once & visited the Samford Arts & Crafts shop, where you can get unique handicrafts! Again, thanks for another great educational video 🤩

[@walkaboutwithrob]

You are more than welcome! Thanks so much for continuing to watch my little shows. Are you coming along for the pub Crawl? Haven’t heard back from you as yet…

[@FrothNinja]

Loved Adventureland though I think it closed about the time I started school. It had a great wood and chicken wire 3D maze. Still remember it clearly. There are precious few pics of Adventureland on the internet - I kinda wonder why. Used to nag my folks to take me to any bora rings I heard of. Think there was an impressive one out on the way to Dayboro somewhere, which we used to visit when we went to the rodeo..

[@CliveWrigglesworth007]

I remember adventureland as a kid in the early 70's. It had a deathchute to a creek I think it was and I remember climbing through what was like a heap of cages joined together like a maze. Was fun.

[@frodosadventures8757]

The tree on the left side of the gate is a Bunya Pine - the big flat spikey needles and the trees on the Right are Hoop Pine with their fine, softer needles.

[@hoightb]

LOL thats how i remember the difference too 👍

[@shellebelle53]

Me too, and the fact that you're in a world of hurt if you're standing under a bunya pine when it's got bunya nuts ready to fall, unlike the hoop pine

[@frodosadventures8757]

@@shellebelle53 I think I'd it hit you on the head, you wouldn't be hurting, you'd be dead!

[@shellebelle53]

​@frodosadventures8757 Yes, most certainly if it's a big one😵😵‍💫

[@Ackdaddy100]

Good suggestion maybe do a video on Dayboro! my great great great granparents butcher shop is still there. Used to be a struggletown apparently but now it's been gentrified.

[@wendybrealey8368]

My stomping ground and I’m late to the party 🙃 Great job. Sharing to the local FB noticeboard. As a walker you would enjoy the Ferny Grove to Samford rail trail (though the end bit to Samford is on roads) but it’s a great cycleway/walking track along the old train line and through Samford conservation park. Worm wee is fertiliser for your garden from worm farms that your veggie scraps are fed to. Samford township is getting crazy busy at weekends unfortunately. It is also popular with those seeking the alternative lifestyle - lots of home natural veggie gardens, food forests, edible food swop sheds (you leave excess produce/ stuff made from excess/plant cuttings and take some in return), the larger Millen Farm on CSIRO land adjacent to the hub, as well as a thriving artist and craft population.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@wendybrealey8368 I seriously considered doing the walk from Ferny Grove to Samford for this video, and might very well do it in the near future. I'm also looking forward to a return visit, just to explore a bit more.

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

I really enjoyed this - I lived in Ferny Hills from 1970 to 1978, before moving to the Canberra area where I still am. In all that time I don't think I ever went to Samford!

[@raindog428]

Omg u cracked me up with the worm juice😂.Another banga for us thanx mate,i really miss s.e. qld when i watch ur vids..i wonder where youll take us next xxx

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@raindog428 the next one will be the pub crawl in the City, then quite possibly the one after that might be New Farm

[@jasoreed]

Bora rings or durr rings are always close to water and there is a little stream close by, the smaller ring is still there up in the back corner,Thomas Petrie was shown where the ring was in the 1800’s by some aboriginal friends.

[@hoightb]

I wonder if the suburb " Kippa-ring" in Brisbane has a bora ring or kippa-ring there? One would think so.

[@jasoreed]

@@hoightb it was destroyed a long time ago, only a few left in Brisbane, Samford , Nudgie, Wynnum , Bellbowrie Dayboro/Samsonvale.

[@chuckanoo1455]

@jasoreed. I didn't know Dayboro had a Bora-ring. Where is it?

[@jasoreed]

@@chuckanoo1455 bit hard to describe but outside of dayboro on the main road going back to Brisbane on your left hand side of the road is a tall dead tree on someone’s property that is where the ring is, you will see a gate entrance, on the other side of the road it lines up with Mt Samson , I’m sure if you google it some info will come up.

[@mmmmmmmmmmm10]

I grew up in camp mountain and samford valley in the 80s and 90s. It was a nice quiet village back then but is way too busy for my liking now and too many tourists on the weekends.

[@gpp4376]

Another excellent job mate

[@JakeBacon-or8rv]

Beautiful part of the world

[@rmar127]

Robert Bayden-Powel was a British officer in the Boer wars. When he returned to England, he saw lots of young kids running a-mock and causing havoc. He decided they needed some strutctue and discipline. Thus he created The Boy Scouts. Much of the early structure of Scouting was based on the the experiences of RBP during the Boer wars, as the British army would often have units of young teenagers acting as message runners, gophers and doing odd jobs around the camps and out in the field.

[@harmonyrose856]

In the mid-1980's, I researched banana bunchy top virus with the Department of Primary Industries (the old DPI). I visited quite a few fields up in Currumbin to take samples and see the devastation it caused.

[@Capt_Samba]

I lived in the other part of that building built 1918 and moved from Lutwyche, it was only demolished in 2016, behind pres church

[@MikeJones-mz5ig]

Always enjoy these, although Bernard O'Reilly's Lost World valley via Kerry wants it's name back.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@MikeJones-mz5ig not without a fight!

[@kierasthoughts2480]

Worm juice comes from worm farms and it’s great as a fertiliser on plants.

[@Kilo_of_Milk]

Essentially combination of worm piss and vegetation breakdown from them eating it

[@libbygenxmum]

Another Bora ring on the way to Nugee Beach 😊 great videos

[@kevinj.k.8120]

You were 5 minutes from the Cedar Creek Falls. I highly recommend visiting this waterfall. It is spectacular. Hint. There are about 10 medium sized waterfalls in the Cedar Creek area.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@kevinj.k.8120 Yes it would have been nice to visit the falls, but time was very tight on that day and so I made the decision to give them a miss.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

I loved Adventure Land too

[@elephantgiftstore]

Did that become the grass ski park?

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

No that was another joint@@elephantgiftstore

[@TheMontyhsv]

trying to find out more about you... great video as always

[@shellebelle53]

Wow Rob, great video. I'm almost embarrassed that I have been to these places like Samford and never knew the history until I've watched your videos. I hope all these videos are kept in perpetuity for future generations 😊

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@shellebelle53 thanks! Yes, I do hope these videos are of use to future generations. Already, some things I have filmed in older videos are now either gone or have been greatly adapted. So I guess some of these shows are already 'historic'.

[@shellebelle53]

@walkaboutwithrob there you go, you're already a history maker!! Your videos need to be out there...they should be on TV!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@shellebelle53 I totally agree!

[@shellebelle53]

@@walkaboutwithrob now to figure out how to make that happen 😁

[@BradGryphonn]

I've always reckoned that Dayboro and Samford are almost identical twins.

[@fredbottema8199]

Hey Rob, enjoy your Videos . How about doing one on Nth Stradbroke . We used to holiday in Amity point and I know that some streets there were shown on Google maps although they no longer exist due to erosion. A local one told me that top of Stradbroke was connected to Moreton Island at one time ,not to mention Stradbroke race course. Cheers

[@lynndonharnell422]

Used to go swimming back in the 70s at Cedar Creek Falls a few k west of Stamford.

[@pmtay4]

Nice one Rob. Btw the next inbound railway station after Sanford was Ferny Grove.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@pmtay4 thanks! Actually the next station after Samford was Camp Mountain Station, then Ferny Grove.

[@pmtay4]

Ty I stand corrected

[@jamescolindaley]

a parlimant should be a bunch of turkeys ...

[@frodosadventures8757]

Another great video Rob! Just thinking, I've been looking into my family history lately and found that rellies of my great grandparents were pioneers of Buderim Mountain. James Lindsay was the first person to grow Bananas on Buderim Mountain and they ran the Ryhope Boarding house. The Box's Lindsay's and Bell's were some of the first white people to settle there. And were all from Durham, England. I've been trying to figure out whether Martin's Creek at Buderim has anything to do with my Great Grandmother Mary Jane Martin. Budrim Mountain may be a good location for one of your videos. Bit sad to see BP Park at Samford closed up. I had lots of fun times there on scout camps.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@frodosadventures8757 I'm sure Breton Bay Regional Council would have a staff Historian. Maybe a call to them might yield some info... I'd be keen to learn what you find out

[@frodosadventures8757]

@@walkaboutwithrob do you want me to email you some info?

[@Jagermonsta]

bunya has painful pointy leaves that point downwards

[@peter360adventures9]

Nice place. And your funny.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

This is true!

[@paash698]

the entrance to "Baden Powell" park is in cash avenue and you walked past it!! by the way there is an abandoned railway tunnel north of Samford at Yugar

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@paash698 Why does it matter if I walked the past the entrance? I had no plans to go in.

[@paash698]

because you made sound like an abandoned place. i don't know why those gates are on the corner either

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@paash698 On the contrary, I gave the current name of the park quite clearly in the video. Hence I was not hinting that it was abandoned. The point of interest was what seems like an old/ former entrance.

[@rnl-sw6sc]

Worm juice - worm excretions. Good fertilizer apparently.

[@WendywdjnyJ]

loved the Adventureland....never had any problems.....trust certain types to spoil it for everyone

[@captmulch1]

The bora ring near Lismore is in a similar spot - up on a high spot.

[@coasterblocks3420]

It was so short sighted to close the Dayboro railway line.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

Cheers mate i live at Ferny Hills not far from there

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

I lived there in Dinterra Avenue for years in the 70s. Never went to Samford because I wasn't interested in the country. Now I live west of Yass NSW! 😂

[@GarageSupra]

15:06 yellow RX8 in the background with what sounds like gilmer driver gears.

[@hoightb]

@walkaboutwithrob I wonder if the suburb " Kippa-ring" in Brisbane has a bora ring or kippa-ring there? One would think so

[@chuckanoo1455]

There used to be a proper Bora ring in Kippa-ring, I don't know if it still exists.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@chuckanoo1455 Unfortunately it was ploughed out years ago.

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

Absolutely

[@callumblakeney7935]

I live there!!

[@elephantgiftstore]

Ooh that's a nice Ferny Grove (not Kelvin Grove lol)

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks, yes someone has mentioned it

[@laurelvize6269]

The ground might have energy.

[@michaelt9174]

Worm juice....NOT for an exotic cocktail mixer 😉

[@johngreydanus2033]

Maybe with tequila?

[@SilkyS1LK1ESilk]

Oloverly place, oh adventure park,

[@jaydentownsend5402]

16:12. Rob did you say Kelvin Grove Station?

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@jaydentownsend5402 I just realised that this morning. I'll put a correction up. Thanks indeed.

[@johnbooth1110]

nudgee water hole , bora ring. ferny grove car park near the station was a bora ring,

[@paulfri1569]

Why is this area so undeveloped?

[@lonnie224]

no train line

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

It isn't - it's just not overdeveloped.

[@johngreydanus2033]

Ssssh, it's a secret, of all capitals, this is the nearest to the city centre with 5 acre blocks, and best of all, in a different shire!

[@paulfri1569]

@@johngreydanus2033 Good point 👉

[@mrfomiatti5515]

Did you find out what worm juice was?🐨

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Still working on that one

[@glenn_outof_ten]

@@walkaboutwithrobits actually worm urine I believe, you cut it with 10 parts water if memory serves and plants absolutely love it.

[@theblindfuerie668]

@walkaboutwithrob you should have seen if you could go into bp park. Theres a scout muesuem that you might find interesting, and a momument from chernobyl

[@johngreydanus2033]

Scouts lost favor when it was found out they were worse than the Catholic priests

[@Bighits-ts2fq]

Hay I am from there

[@jockrocks7392]

Tickles are good for horsies. 🤣

[@straightedgeredhead]

all that land from the CSIRO - families have built all over it, including the hub - aaaaallll those chemicals underneath the ground

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@chrismcgovern1760 From what I understand, the main activity of the CSIRO there was the study of tropical pastures. This involved testing how plants grew best in the soil; spacing, depth etc. All pretty organic and safe i.e. no dangerous chemicals.

[@straightedgeredhead]

I appreciate the clarification - in the 90's I built in Highvale instead lol@@walkaboutwithrob - moved out though later due to so many new families moving into Samford. Great Doco and keep up the great work

[@rougenior]

Slab hut full of snakes and spiders you got your self a haunted house 🏚️

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@rougenior Nope, they've got an insurance nightmare if I got bit!

[@johnledingham852]

Enjoyed your comment on the train disaster..."An horrific train crash". It's so good to hear correct English spoken. After all, we were no part of the American rebellion against their mother nation and the English language by extension.

[@roborlov5606]

SPECIAL LAND PLACES ARE ON THE LAY LINES OR CROSS POINTS OF MOST IMPORTANCE TO THE ORIGINES..❤❤

[@skatedd2451]

That explains why the Illuminati uses owl.. as it's symbol. learn something new every day

[@TessB-b2y]

It’s a pity that Airservices Australia and Brisbane Airport, who have the Qld and Federal Governments support have ruined our beautiful Valley with 8 levels of aircraft movements and converging flight paths. Looks like you must have jagged a quiet day, which means we would have been hammered at night. So sad.

[@MrFister84]

Thoughts and prayers.

[@davehad-enough2369]

It's nothing to do with Brisbane - it's part of the City of Moreton Bay.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@davehad-enough2369 It has been part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council since 2008. I stated this at the end of the documentary. It is however also part of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area.

[@Tinkbook]

Yeah but it's still what people consider to be Brisbane. Just because it's a different city region of Brisbane doesn't mean it should be excluded.

[@johngreydanus2033]

Much the same as people think that Redcliffe is just another suburb of Brisbane, by 2049, we will be able to claim from Toowoomba, to Noosa, and down to the border. @@Tinkbook

[@paddydarcy6129]

The etchings in the tree could be a traditional form of land survey points or "known marks". If it is, there could well be another etching closer to the base and in a similar geometric pattern.

[@johnkeyte407]

thw pen and ink drawing of the old pub at minute 8.55 was done by Jennifer Harris of Cedar creek.