Hi Robb, my parents were Douglas and Doris (Dot) Strichen. Pioneers at 3 Bega Rd, Kingston. We settled at the address in 1965 along with Mr Norman Smith at Mary St, Kingston. We lived in a shed till Dad and Mum cleared an acre of ground by machete and axe. Six months later Dad commissioned some carpenters to build a two room cottage. Where I lived for most if my life. 3 Bega Rd, Kingston. Mr Smith was a local bricklayer and house builder. He and my Dad became firm friends. I remember many Saturday evenings spent at the Waterford Club Hotel, having a lemonade, and Listening to Running Bear played by a local band. 1966.
34 years ago my father was the keeper of the butter factory and we lived in the cottage. Obviously I was just a kid back then, but I still remember some crazy stuff that happened.
your a credit to keeping history alive and flowing through the next generations! thanks for your virtual tours through time!!! no one else comes close to what you do !!Cheers Rob!
Orsum vid Rob. It's a shame I didn't get the photo of the old railway station to you soon enough. The old railway station served as an agent to the Commonwealth bank as well as the post office. I used to deposit pocket money there in the days of pounds, shillings and pence!!! My mates and I used to swim in the Scrubby creek where the butter factory drew water for their boilers. I started school at the old Kingston State School when Joe Wagner was the headmaster. He has 2 daughters, one was in my class. I still have a couple of school photos in my collection. I can name most of them still. (I havn't quite lost the plot yet!!) Our teacher was Mrs Woods. She was a sweetie!! Four foot nothing and about to retire!! I watched the 1969 lunar landing under that building!!! I can remember it like yesterday!! Queens Road "Hill of Death", no one dared to ride their pushie down it due to getting the death wobbles, only the mad n brave would do it!! Queens road was all gravel from the "S" bend (Christopher street) all the way to Loganlea road and where you stood at the the old road near Loganlea road was just a gravel causeway. Jones's shop was a classic, that's where we would scavenge up coke bottles around the village and cash em in for fireworks!! The School of arts building!!! It was called "The Hall" as Mary street was called "Hall road" back in the day. We would celebrate our year end of school in there!! Old mate Joe Wagner would have his reel to reel tape machine cranking "No Satisfaction" and "Black Night" etc. On the corner of Jacaranda Ave and Kingston road where the BP service station is, there used to be the old Bakery. I went to school with a mate with the initials DJ but not sure if it is the same DJ on the memorial on the old well?? I did try to contact you through a reply on RU-vid but to no avail, so I've sent you a message by your e-mail contact in your subscription page?? That's if you require the photo of the Kingston station?? I'm gelling with the history that you are digging up. I,m about to watch Runcorn where the foundry was where my older brother got his first job when we arrive in Australia. I believe they cast the wheels and made the bogies for the train carriages. Interesting stuff Rob, seriously good job!!! Cheers, Christopher
Well done Rob! Not often a presenter finishes with the line, 'I'll see you again soon' and it comes true for the 3 people recognising You while filming. In 1973 I visited the Kingston Butter factory watching the processes including the cheese making there as part of a school tour covering dairying and also visited a dairy/rhubarb farm on Tamborine. The whole saga of the Gold Mine as well I recall going to the dump there early 60s and it was a very deep hole, I thought I could see shaftshad been driven into the side of the hole. Thelma Towers really worked hard to get the land and house owners compensated.
Love the thumbnail 😂 Thank you Rob for taking me for a stroll down memory lane. I walked just about all of the areas you took us. I remember the old road used to flood terribly and I had to drive my little Ford Escort through there to get home. Loved it 😊 So happy to see people recognising you...you're infamous 😁
Grew up in Kingston. Lived in the houso section and went to Mabel Park infants,primary and high school. I did my HS musical performance at Kingston Butter Factory. This was great Rob ! 👍💯
Another great presentation, Rob. I remember all too well the stories in the Courier Mail about the Diamond St. area toxic waste dump. Years later while stationed at Woodridge Ambulance station, I'd think back when driving past that mound. If you think Queens Rd. is steep, try doing it downhill in an ambulance on an emergency almost mimicking a scene from Dukes of Hazzard! Ask anybody working in emergency services, and they'll tell you stories about Kingston-Woodridge that don't make the media. Stories generated by low socio-economic housing areas that actually makes the area a great training ground for police and paramedics. Kingston is located in quite a lucrative area for those wanting to travel to Brisbane or the Gold Coast, but to (dare I say) enhance the area, rents will have to go up to drive the less financially fortunate away and allow housing commission homes to be bulldozed and replaced by apartments. Does it really make the suburb better? I don't think so. Poorer people seem to have greater community pride than those in the Ascots, Dover Heights and Tooraks of Australia. Beenleigh's a great example; pull down classic old Queenslanders, and replace them with characterless blocks of flats. Higher density housing without the infrastructure to support that growth. Anyway, enough rambling. By the way, the drone offer is still there for a possible Tamborine (or anywhere else) production.
Thanks indeed for that. I saw some wild stuff when I lived in Kingston but in general it was fine. Like you said, a great sense of community. And yes, would love some drone footage. What's your schedule like? I'm shooing a new show this weekend.
13:49 Thanks for coming by, Tuesday to Saturday are our opening days, come back for scones, jam & cream. Did you know that the brick block at the back of the cottage was the safe for butter factory? Makes a great dry store now 😊.
Enjoyed that one, I grew up in Waterford we used to go through Kingston to woodridge to do the shopping at jack the slasher. I remember quite a few of the older things you show thanks for making that mate 👍👍👍👍👍👍
While it was called jacaranda ave due to one particular tree, nowadays there are over 100 of them going all the way down it makes quite a site to see driving down when its all purple
When i was a teenager I sold newspapers at the traffic lights at Fitgerald and logan rd springwood. I use to ride my pushbike from 3am to there from slacks creek and either had to use paradise rd or queens rd depending on flooding. sometimes I had to wade waist deep through there. One morning it was too deep and a truck came through and gave me lift across the water. Good times and great videos Rob
My parents purchased part of the mine site prior to the housing development. They had intended to build on it but having visited the site one day my mother’s stockings disintegrated and she had a skin irritation. They had the ground tested and knew about the tip and contamination, and sold the site with full disclosure to a guy who claimed he’d put a slab down and use it as a truck / bus depot. Someone from this point forwards made the decision not to disclose this information and the land was eventually developed. People definitely knew about the issues and chose to ignore it..
I loved this. I grew up backing on to the Kingston house. As a young kid it was derelict and we used to dare one another to go inside but never lasted long. It was really creepy just like a movie set for a haunted house. Later we became friends with the family who restored the house. Well remember going to the dump site at the old mine, the little cemetery in the middle of the bush, the butter factory houses. Mum used to send me down to the shop (the Jones') with a dollar note to buy her a packet of smokes and lollies with the change. No worries handing over cigarettes to a ten year old. My Grandmother used to play indoor bowls every week at the Mechanics Institute hall, everyone just called it 'the Hall'. One of the oldies there was a Mayes. In my younger days there was a lot of bushland and it was safe for young kids to wander all over the place on our own. It was a great upbringing really.
Grew up at Kingston un the 80s went to the old infants school, watched the Logan Motorway get built, rode the old Greenline bus lines, enjoyed free yoghurt from the milk depot.
Great walkthrough! As a teenager and in my 20’s I lived in crestmead and browns plains from about 1995 to 2010. I don’t know much about the history however heard about a Swedish family that were the first settlers in the crestmead region. There’s also a very old and interesting house along bumstead Rd called bumstead house. Could you do a similar video for crestmead / browns plains? Cheers.
My grandmother was Doris Jane Kingston- Its great seeing Family History- Interesting to see where my great grandparents are Buried in the pioneer Cemetary
@@andyrichmond1858 Yes when i was a kid i could remember my Grandmother Going to the Kingston Family reunions at the Butter factory.. but that was in the late 70s early 80s.. My grandmother passed away in 83 .. After everything thats happened it never occurred to me that here would be family buried there
I moved overseas from Brissy late 2020 and haven't been able to make it back, grew up there and used to walk the streets soaking up the local history. Your channel has really cured my crushing homesickness Rob, watching your videos I can close my eyes and almost figure out where you are standing most of the time. So glad I've found this channel.
Wow just wow, in 1954,55 we did school holidays at the uncle's place which was about 8 miles out of Kingston, we would ride into the railway station in the horse and buggy to catch the train to Brisbane, would let him know what time we'd be back, so it was great to see what Kingston looked like, we'd also go to a nudist colony that was not that far from Kingston many thanks
You and family members would go to a colony to be nude you say or you just visited clothed? Sounds like something kids in Sweden might do but here? Interesting.
@@walkaboutwithrob hi Rob, only that it never seemed too long to get t here from the uncle place, Mr Bell owned it and he went to jail for interfering with the young boys he would get from boys homes, Fred and Richard Robinson worked there they were timber cutters, do know Fred went over near Perth and had another nudist colony there, this is going back 70 years ago, but will find out from the uncle daughter as she is still with us I hope, your programs bring a lot of joy to our lives thanks very much for putting them up chow ***
I believe there is still a nudist colony opposite the Browns Plains tip. It is on the other side of Browns Plains Road, where the old wooden bridge used to be @@walkaboutwithrob
Mate, Kingston is my home town, I grew up there and I never knew about the history of some of these parts, I use to hate walking past the pioneer grave yard at night but I had to because it was a short cut to get home from Loganlea.
Another great clip mate! As someone who has lived not far from Kingston most of my life, and took pride in my knowledge of the history of the area... there were some things in here that I definitely wasn't aware of! Well done mate! Looked like it was a bit of a warm day out there that particular day... so great job at pushing through and getting the clip done! As always, look forward to the next one! Cheers, Rob 👍
Top effort mate! And this viewer greatly appreciates your efforts! Keep it up mate... great to see your work getting traction on the platform! 👏 @@walkaboutwithrob
i love the way people could just empty out underneath their house in those days and put a shop in ,,,,,walu , work from now in is downstairs , live up stairs ,,,geeeeez i miss those days
Hey Rob, Great Vid Mate, Thanks for the shout-out, I noticed the name of the road that goes the the butter factory is, "The Milky Way", I don't know who thought of that, but I know I would have liked them !! T-rocks.
It's no longer Milky Way they changed it to Jacaranda Ave btw Rob if you happen to see this I do apologise for not telling you that the precinct is not open Sunday & Monday if I'd known what day you were doing the video I would've told you.
No worries. It leaves a mystery for the viewer to encourage them to go and see the place inside for themselves. As for Milky Way, that was only named for a small piece of road near the station and the butter factory. Jacaranda Ave has had that name since the 60's.
I grew up off Queens Rd. I remember being taken up the hill to see the old school (not certain if the building was there) 1980. I also remember collecting macadamia nuts from the tree at Mayes Cottage.
Kingston Rd needs a pedestrian bridge. The current bridge is for cars only. To cross the railway tracks as a pedestrian you have to walk the back streets to get to the train station then meander through the train station and then take a long bend on Jacaranda Ave to get back onto Kingston Rd.
A friend of mine has family that were affected by living in a house that was on the poisoned land. They ended up having health issues. Thanks for sharing.
I came to Australia in 1981 and lived in Slacks Creek with my brother in law and I would walk to Kingstone for karate lessons in the evening, I was 23 years old and still can't fight my way out of a wet paper bag. Lots of memories. I drive through Kingstone occasionally a lot has changed.
That used to be my old stomping ground! We moved there in the mid 70's(on the other side of Kingston Rd from the "Gold Mine" behind Kmart, Woollies etc. I had friends that moved to Beryl St in the mid 80's & have recently sold up. I grew up playing in the mine Shaft, it's where I used to get a lot of my Bike Parts so fo me as a Kid it really was a "Gold Mine" & now realise that those bikes were probably all stolen(I figured they were just dumped there back then). There used to be a Bowling Alley & Big Rooster on the Corner. There used to be an awesome Pizza Shop in those Shops on Jacaranda Ave, right across the Road we had what was called the "A Frame" (beside the BP) where I went 3rd's with 2 Used Car Salesmen(I had a Panel Shop & used it to put my cars through, but as I was never there, hardly any of my cars got Sold & mostly ended up sending them to Auction. They just used them as 'bait' cars to get the people in & sell them their cars. This took me a while to work out unfortunately, because one of them was like a Father figure to me). Unfortunately it was just a huge Money Pit(for me anyway).
The developers should not have been permitted to cut down the big Jacaranda so they could subdivide. There needs to be much more regulation around what developers should be permitted to do with the natural resources that are under their control.
Well done Sir......I was born in Charleville in 1951 but our family moved to Ekibin in the early 50's. Lived there until the end of my teens. Of course this area was part of the route taken to get to the Gold Coast and I have fond memories of a multitude of journeys taken from home to the coast.
I live in kingston and i definitely learnt alot from this video the area gets a bad wrap if you ask me yes theres some undesirable individuals but for the most part its a very family oriented area lots of birds and wildlife for a dense community and less trouble than you think the main issue is the developer's taking over if you ask me
Loved this walkabout Rob. I didn't know any of the history or Kingston. I had no idea that the land had been allowed to be so contaminated by the continued dumping. Those beautiful big mango trees, my nan had one just like it in Camp Hill. We would spend hours in the tree climbing up, sitting reading, took snacks with us. 😀 I like how you are being recognised by your RU-vid viewers and fans. Brilliant.👍 Cheers.
I spent the larger part of my childhood and early adult life in Kingston and Woodridge living in public housing. In the 80s/90s it was obviously a low socio economic area. I have some really good memories of the area and it seemed to me as though the capacity was there to lift the area up. There are still a lot of very decent people who live there. Sad to say that I no longer believe that capacity to lift the area exists anymore. All of the usual social ills just on steroids. Many are beaten by their problems.
Just watched a 2 year old video of yours and you have improved a lot and really figured out the RU-vid platform when it comes to delivering the content 👌🏻 awesome vid
Thanks Rob. I did my first theatre performaces at the Butterbox theatre for the Springwood Little Theatre Company from 1990-1992. Some great memories and it was a decent theatre. Shame you couldn't get inside.
Hi Rob we net briefly on the 22 mar 24 when you were filming around Loganriver road going east opposite Teys. We were going to Townsville. The reason for the message is to aware you to our 1988 vintage Movies I have of around Beenleigh Edenslanding & Loganholm. If these interest you at all we can talk. Regards John
Three separate people stopping having recognized you - not long before you will have to give up the single exploration, and start taking tribes on walking tours. :-)
When I worked for Robb & Brown Hardware, they had a store on Taylor’s Hill, and I remember hearing about staff complaining of toxic smells, and getting sick. I think the same building became the Bowling Alley.
I found out that my folks used to live around here real close by with those toxins, my mum said that they/Drs took some blood samples to see if they were ok and they were ok the Dr's gave them the all clear but after this event they moved away/out I can't believe they used to live here with that event it's mind blowing but you learn something new everyday. thank you for this video.
I love your videos, l grew up in the Logan area knowing some of the history, but not as much as you have revealed. Would appreciate if you could do a future video of the Greenbank area and its logging history as l have a family connection to the area.
This area is part of my Sunday long run route from Drewvale, down Wembley Rd, Across Kingston road and back home down Browns Plains Road and through the Berrinba wetlands. Very interesting to see some of the history of the area that I pass through.
My parents bought their first home in Oscar street, they've always spoken about the black sludge that would rise up after heavy rain. It seems the affected area was far greater than just the streets surrounding the mine.
Most toxic suburb? I sure as hell don't like living around it. But thank you, this was a fun little trip through local history for me, seeing you pass a house I used to live in.