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. 😊
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
@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 😀
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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...
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..
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 😂😂
@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.
@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 😁
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.
@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.
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
💖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 🤩
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…
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.
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
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 😊
@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'.
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! 😂
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
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.
@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
@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
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.
@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.
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
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.
@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.
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
