Mundubbera, Queensland.

Mundubbera means Footsteps in the trees or Meeting Place of the waters in local Aboriginal language.

European settlement took place in the late 1840's.  Closer settlement, involving migrants from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands, did not take place until the early 1900's and the town was established in it's existing site prior to World War1.  The railway arrived in 1914.  Mundubbera Post Office opened by July 1, 1912.

Henry Zipf planted the first citrus orchards in 1933 and established Mundubbera as a major producer of export citrus.

This Mandarin is in a caravan park not far from the Motel.

Trusting soles in Mudubbera with this sign in the main street.

Walked around inside the shop not a sole about.

This mural is in the main street, a water tank certainly not an eyesore.

The above sign was in the toilet on the glass of the motel.

The Motel.

On the way to the dinning room.

Below the outside dinning room, we ate in the inside dinning room.

The building was L shaped so there was another wing to the left.

Millmerran, Queensland.

Another small town we have never been to.  The Caravan Park was excellent with a view of a Lake.

Millmerran is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland.  The town has a population of 1,570 people.  208 klms West of Brisbane.

Millmerran is near a lookout commonly used by the local Aboriginal population prior to European settlement and the town's name is believed to be derived from two words - "meel" meaning 'eye' and 'merran' meaning 'to look out'.  European settlement in the Millmerran area began in 1841 when the Gore brothers established the vast Yandilla Station.  Yandilla station covered and estimated 1,780 square kilometers (890 sq mile) and hosted it's own school with 20 to 30 students, telegraph station and store.  Closer settlement began after the passing of the Crown Lands Alienation Act in 1876, which allowed Edward Walpole to select a portion of Yandilla station.  In 1881, Walpole established a general store on the site of what was known at the time as Back Creek, and a receiving office was opened with that name on July 8, 1883.  It was elevated to the status of a post office, and the name changed to Domville, on June 1, 1889.  The name was again changed to Millmerran on November 16, 1894.

An older style home - a Queenslander.

When away on holiday we often eat vanilla slices we had some here and they were beautiful.

The lovely well kept park in Millmerrin.

Below a scene adjacent to the town.