Day 59 -Tolga, 25th August 2025

Huge day today!! There is just so much to see and do. First up today was the historic village at Herberton, 16 acres with over 60 historically restored buildings set out like a mining town. It was pretty impressive. We watched a movie narrated by Jack Thompson telling the history of Herberton and the mining and agriculture industry there. 



























There was so much information, if we had the time I probably would have made use of the 3 day return pass and come back again. 

We had a drive through the town of Herberton and then headed to the Bat Hospital. This was really cool. We watched a couple of videos explaining about the bat hospital and their work and then were taken in to see the bats. There are 90 species of bats but in the hospital only about 7. The smaller ones in the first cage were really cute!







The bigger cage had the flying foxes with a smaller cage attached for those learning to fly.


We then headed to Yungaburra which I think is my favourite town so far! We stopped on the way in to check out the Curtain Fig Tree. It is 50 metre high and has a 39 metre diameter- it is huge! Pretty awesome story to it too how it wraps itself around the host tree and grows its roots down vertically but then strangles the host tree and kills it.



Next stop was Petersen’s Creek to check out the platypus viewing platform. We were lucky enough to see three straight away and then went down under the bridge to spot another one pretty close. 


We drove through Yungaburra and to Lake Tinaroo and we walked down the Afghanistan Avenue of Honour. 





What a beautiful spot! There is a caravan park right on the point - definitely a spot for next time! 



It was so beautiful, I even started looking at property prices!! 🤣


It was a picturesque drive through the countryside at sunset to get back - it was just stunning.


A yummy dinner cooked by Rach was waiting when we get back and then we headed to the fire for our last night at Tolga and with Ang & Rob.










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