Sailing on Lake Wivenhoe |
The area is so varied it is almost impossible to describe
in a few words. Suffice to say it includes several vital rural
shire areas, and the residents here are justifiably proud
of their accomplishments in carving out a fine lifestyle.
Country Markets |
The activities here are mainly centred around farming and
cattle grazing, but there is everything going on from quarying
the beautiful Helidon Sandstone to hi-tech classes at the
Lawes Campus of the University of Queensland.
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The "Lockyer Valley" is, strictly speakling, the basin of
the Lockyer River.
However,it has come to mean that area in South-East Queensland,
Australia, bounded by Ipswich in the east, Toowoomba in the
west, Esk to the north, and the mountains of the Mount Mistake
National park to the south.
A Bumper Crop |
Several towns dot the landscape - Gatton is the biggest and
most central, but there are also Coominya, Esk, Forest Hill,
Grandchester, Grantham, Helidon, Laidley, Lowood, Marburg,
Minden, Rosewood, Toogoolawa, Withcott, as well as dozens
of smaller places.
Lawes Campus |
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