Day 4: Tuesday 27/2/24 - Gayndah to Kaimkillenbun (The Bun Hotel)
Got the Sunlander Carriage tour and history of the station this morning with Des. He'll be here at 8.30am, so need to get brekky done and do a bit of packing up beforehand.
Des was the Station Master at Gayndah for 20 odd years, so has heaps of knowledge and history about the place. Des was right on time, we were all not on time, but raced over when we realised the time. A neighbourhood dog comes every morning apparently for the train tour, no he really comes for the pats Des was saying.
The tour with Des this morning was very interesting and enjoyable. Des is a lovely gentleman with a great sense of humour and very passionate about retaining the history of the Heritage Railway Station, this place is definitely worth the overnight stop and gold coin donation for the tour. It's a quite and pleasant tour.
Club Car
Club Car Galley
Menu doesn't look too bad
Dining Car
Got away about 10.30am and our plan was to be at the Maidenwell Hotel for holiday smoko beer/wine, but since we have left later we might do lunch at Maidenwell instead. Bad news, we got as far as Nanango and needed to stop for lunch to save our marriage 🤣 Eventually found a park and walked to the pub. The Commercial Hotel for lunch and they are doing $20 Parmi, chips and salad as the special today!! Yep we both went for that as you do. Nice old pub, multiple fireplaces in the place. Holy Shiet, talk about value for money, neither of us could finish our meals, so guess what breakfast is again tomorrow 😅
Me: Hawaiian Parmi and Craig: Meatlovers with smoked brisket
Bit of discussion about where to next over lunch, decided to bypass Maidenwell this time and go onto The Bun Hotel Kaimkillenbun, because we haven't been there before and camp at the pub. We've recently started doing this pub camping and it's a bit of fun. I joined a group on Facebook Country Pub Camping and it's a really good reference.
A bit over an hour's travel from Nanango and we were at Kaimkillenbun, the roads have not improved much but the scenery again was rolling hills, scrub bush, grazing for cows and farmland.
Pulled up at The Bun Hotel, very pretty pub. Went in and had a couple of drinks, chatted with a couple of locals that came in and asked what crops were grown around here that we had seen - Sorghum was the answer. Chatted with the barman, booked into the pub's campground and went off to pick a spot and set up. Only 2 other campers there and they appear to be set up for a longer stay.
Campground: Nice grassed sites with power and water, older amenities but clean and you get a code for the door. You are right on the road but honestly there isn't a lot of traffic during the afternoon and not much at night. Pet Friendly. Price is $30pp for 2 people.
Pub has a new owner, so is being renovated and I imagine they'll upgrade the campground in time. Outside of the pub looks like it's done and it's very pretty. Inside they have exposed the original pressed metal ceiling in the bar area that had been covered up with a false ceiling. It is a beautiful old pub and will look gorgeous when they've finished the renos.
The original pressed metal ceiling, still to be renovated
A bit of relaxing at camp, chatting with Craig's brother on the phone and a few drinks. Back over to the pub about 5.45pm for a light dinner after that massive lunch we had. Pub got a bit busy with locals stopping in for a drink, some stopped in for a drink and takeaway pizza, another brought some of of town friends to the pub for dinner. Everyone was very friendly and wanted to have a chat. And you wouldn't believe it, one of the locals went to school with my cousin in Mt Isa - my goodness it's a small world!
We had a pizza for dinner which was very yummy. We thanked the lovely barman and his partner who was cooking also for an enjoyable night and headed back to the van around 8.30 - 9pm and called it a day.
Busy bar that night.
Club Car
Dining Car
The original pressed metal ceiling, still to be renovated
Busy bar that night.
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