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Take a green break ... in the scenic Mary Valley Updated 06/03/10

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	IMBIL - what to see In Imbil Imbil art gallery - Yabba Road, Imbil Imbil lookout, Elizabeth Street Bellbird habitat - Diggings Road, Imbil Yabba Creek – swimming, platypus and lungfish viewing – Island Reach Camping Resort day visit; Kropps Crossing Imbil Museum – by appointment phone Timberman’s Walk – park in Yabba Road The Timber Cutter – statue at Imbil Info Centre, Imbil railway precinct Imbil Markets – Sunday from 9am Surrounds Lake Borumba – fishing, swimming, boating, water skiing Kenilworth Bluff Winery Blind Man’s Bluff Vineyard and Cellar Door Kenilworth Cheese Factory Art galleries – Kenilworth Markets Amamoor Station – Saturday mornings Kandanga Station - Sunday afternoons Eumundi – Saturday Gympie South State School – 2^nd and 4^th Sundays/month Forest drives Imbil Forest Drive Amama Creek park and forest walk, picnics, Amamoor Cedar Grove – swimming, forest walks, picnics, camping, Amamoor Kenilworth rainforest walk Charlie Moreland campground – swimming, picnics Peach Trees campground, Jimna


	Imbil visitor information centre






	The Imbil visitor information centre is a project of the Imbil Development Group, a sub-committee of the Mary Valley Show Society.

Big plans for centre

This volunteer visitor information centre was established at the Imbil railway precinct to cater for both train passenger tourists and self-drive tourists.

It has proved its worth, with many signatures in the visitors’ book and a bustling traffic through its small door whenever a volunteer is on duty.

The Imbil Development Group relocated the old police stables from across the road at the existing Imbil Police Station, and after many volunteer hours and donation of items from local sponsors, the building was renovated. Funding from the then Cooloola Shire Council and the Cooloola Regional Development Bureau was also forthcoming.

The vision of the community is to expand the information centre to incorporate an interpretive history of the timbergetting days of Imbil.

Ideally, the building would include a display wall featuring panels of each timber variety milled and available in the Mary Valley eg hoop, cedar, silky oak etc; Descriptive/pictorial history of timber industry; Museum display; Showroom/gallery space offering locally made items for sale; Servery/kitchenette.

These plans are in limbo as Imbil and the Mary Valley await a Federal Government decision on the building of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary River, as this dam could severely impact on the area and its amenity.




		Lake Borumba (Borumba Dam) is fast becoming one of the most popular destinations in the Mary Valley during summertime. It’s the perfect spot for a picnic, barbecue or a refreshing swim. If you like fishing, the lake is home to Golden Perch, Australian Bass, Saratoga and the Mary River Cod. All forms of recreational boating are allowed on the lake and water skiing is also very popular. Borumba Dam is perfect for outdoor activities, native wildlife is abundant and the hills are home to red deer. Enjoy canoeing, skiing or recreational boating and sailing on Lake Borumba or explore the beauty of Yabba Creek by canoe. There is a double-laned concrete boat ramp adjacent to the dam wall which is open 24/7. There is a no boating/fishing zone from the boat ramp to the dam wall. The lake was constructed in 1964 and is one of Queensland's most established water storages. Built across Yabba Creek (a tributary of the Mary River) the lake has a surface area of 500 hectares at an average depth of 6.6 metres and holds 33,300 megalitres when full. This is utilised primarily for irrigation purposes.