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Laidley Pioneer Village

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24.01.2022 Ready for a real work out? How about a summer of this? Farm life!

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22.01.2022 No hi-fi technology there. Pure fun

21.01.2022 Firing up old ant oven

19.01.2022 Unreserved Clearing SaleONLINE BIDDING OPEN 26 FEB TO 1 MAR PAKENHAM, VICTORIABidding is now open on AuctionsPlus 650 lots of vintage tractors, trucks, cars, stationary engines and other items up for sale.

19.01.2022 Laugh, cry and be inspired at the Lockyer Valley Heritage Festival as Marco Gilori entertains crowds with some of his original works. Hosting the program and... sharing some of his award-winning poetry at the Laidley Pioneer Village, Marco is bound to put a smile on your dial with some of his great renditions like ‘The Floater’ and ‘Volunteers’. Register for your free tickets now at www.lockyervalleytickets.com.au.

18.01.2022 Date claimer. 17th April.

17.01.2022 Power and phone lines are out due to water damage. Best contact is Ron. 0439 588 054

17.01.2022 Miss our coal bunker!

17.01.2022 a few timber industry photos... more another time

16.01.2022 Xmas day. Skeleton staff will be at Pioneer Village if your lonely or nowhere to go. Free tea and coffee 9.oo till about 2.30

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15.01.2022 My grandfather and dad always polished their shoes before going anywhere even our school shoes had to be polished , what about everyone else ,did you or your parents get their shoes shined as regular thing?

15.01.2022 Was all hands on deck. Down at the village pouring the new BBQ area. Thanks to all our hardworking volunteers.

13.01.2022 All the Volunteers from Laidley Pioneer Village would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a bright and prosperous new year.

11.01.2022 Roma auction. Old wagon wheels

10.01.2022 HERITAGE. FESTIVAL. Come on down. Enjoy the memoriies of yesteryear. Our renowned big breakfast. Damper. Billy tea. Music. Working displays. Blacksmithing. Woodworking. Old pumps . Stationary engines. Open 7 days a week. 9am to 3pm

09.01.2022 This is the kind of thing that ruined my whole day I once had to go to hospital because these put a huge dent in my shin

09.01.2022 Lockyer Valley Heritage Festival has secured the hilarious and heart warming Bush Poet, Marco Gliori!!! YAY!!! This free event showcases the history of the Lock...yer Valley. Held at Laidley, Qld on Saturday 17 April, register now for your free ticket and catch Marco from 10.30am - 12.30pm at Laidley Pioneer Village & Museum. in Laidley, Queensland. See more

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04.01.2022 Cleaning up old buzz saw . Ex roma. Help from Steve and apprentice Mack

04.01.2022 Photos of items included in the Museum Auction Saturday 24th October 2020 at Bungeworgorai, via Roma, Qld. Full auction listing: https://www.bundabergauctions....com.au/private-museum-queens/ Any enquiries contact Matt Beer from Bundy Auctions on 0427 527 926

04.01.2022 So picture this. It’s 1932 and Australia is in the grip of the Great Depression. One in three workers are unemployed. Decrepit shanty towns hug the outskirts ...of the big cities. A scrawny rabbit caught in a trap will feed a family for a week. Country roads are filled with broken men walking from one farmhouse to another seeking menial jobs and food. On the outskirts of the South Gippsland town of Leongatha, an injured farmer lies in bed unable to walk or work. World War I hero Captain Leo Tennyson Gwyther is in hospital with a broken leg and the family farm is in danger of falling into ruins. Up steps his son, nine-year-old Lennie. With the help of his pony Ginger Mick, Lennie ploughs the farm’s 24 paddocks and keeps the place running until his father can get back on his feet. How to reward him? Lennie has been obsessively following one of the biggest engineering feats of the era the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He wants to attend its opening. With great reluctance, his parents agree he can go. So Lennie saddles up Ginger Mick, packs a toothbrush, pyjamas, spare clothes and a water bottle into a sack, and begins the 1000+ kilometre trek to Sydney. Alone. That’s right. A nine-year-old boy riding a pony from the deep south of Victoria to the biggest and roughest city in the nation. Told you it was a different era. No social media. No mobile phones. But even then it doesn’t take long before word begins to spread about a boy, his horse and their epic trek. The entire population of small country towns gather on their outskirts to welcome his arrival. He survives bushfires, is attacked by a vagabond and endures rain and cold, biting winds. When he reaches Canberra he is welcomed by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, who invites him into Parliament House for tea. When he finally arrives in Sydney, more than 10,000 people line the streets to greet him. He is besieged by autograph hunters. He becomes a key part of the official parade at the bridge’s opening. He and Ginger Mick are invited to make a starring appearance at the Royal Show. Even Donald Bradman, the biggest celebrity of the Depression era, requests a meeting and gives him a signed cricket bat. A letter writer to The Sydney Morning Herald at the time gushes that just such an example as provided by a child of nine summers, Lennie Gwyther was, and is, needed to raise the spirit of our people and to fire our youth and others to do things not to talk only. The sturdy pioneer spirit is not dead let it be remembered that this little lad, when his father was in hospital, cultivated the farm a mere child. When Lennie leaves Sydney for home a month later, he has become one of the most famous figures in a country craving uplifting news. Large crowds wave handkerchiefs. Women weep and shout goodbye. According to The Sun newspaper, Lennie, being a casual Australian, swung into the saddle and called ‘Toodleloo!’. He finally arrives home to a tumultuous reaction in Leongatha. He returns to school and soon life for Lennie and the country returns to normal. These days you can find a bronze statue in Leongatha commemorating Lennie and Ginger Mick. But Australia has largely forgotten his remarkable feat and how he inspired a struggling nation. Never taught about him in school? Never heard of him before? Spread the word. We need to remember and celebrate Lennie Gwyther and his courageous journey. It's a great story. from Garry Linnell's article in The New Daily