Childers Festival at Childers Queensland

I travel to Childers and overnight I camped in the street, and went to town the next day to see the Childers Festival. Colin is volunteering at the Art Gallery so I have a look there first and then walk the main Street which is full of stalls and people It is very crowded everywhere, The

Childers Queensland

The township is set on a ridge overlooking fields of rich volcanic soil. Childers is renowned for its heritage character and is classified a National Trust town. The historic colonial buildings of the main street (Bruce Highway) are set amongst large, shady leopard trees.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childers,_Queensland Europeans first arrived in the area in the 1850s. Pastoralists

Childers Queensland

I drove to Childers, where I am  now staying with Colin and Ginger amidst a garden full of exciting plants and flowers, and the birds sing me awake in the morning. The outskirts of Childers are mostly 5 acre blocks…and small farms growing cirus, subtropical fruits, stone fruits..peaches and nectarines, vegetables and also sugar cane