Octagon March, 2016
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February Mid Week Run<br />
by Bruce Mutch -- followed by a newcomer’s perspective on the run. Photos by Lyn Geraghty and Elaine Hamilton<br />
Mid Week Run 25 Feb following COBB & Co<br />
route to Pioneer Village, Laidley<br />
On a bright and sunny morning a big mob of<br />
members and guests - 65 in all - left “The<br />
Rocks Riverside Park “ and ran up the M5<br />
through Springfield Lakes to Yamanto and on<br />
past Amberley to Rosewood. This was where<br />
we had our first glimpse of Cobb & Co as a<br />
replica of a coach is housed in the village for all<br />
to see. Drawn by four horses and carrying 14<br />
passengers (inc The Driver) the coach would<br />
travel18 miles at a trot before a change of horses<br />
at the next staging post.<br />
Morning tea venue was Biggie’s Camp near<br />
Grandchester where a most enlightening<br />
address was given to the folks by our invited<br />
guest Paul Blake (Current President of the Austin<br />
Healey Car Club). He had spent his childhood<br />
in Grandchester so who better to give the talk<br />
in which he described how the travellers from<br />
Brisbane would travel to Ipswich by River<br />
steamer then by train to Grandchester and<br />
from there to Toowoomba and west by Cobb &<br />
Co Coach. The “Victoria” Railway tunnel was<br />
built through the Little Liverpool Range and<br />
opened in 1866. It was 537 metres long and is<br />
still used today . A great deal of drama occurred<br />
with the tunnel as the centre was soft rock and<br />
had to be lined with 3 layers of bricks. The floor<br />
was lowered in 1985 by 150mm to improve<br />
the situation . We were told of the progress of<br />
steam locos through the years and introduction<br />
and demise of the Garrats in 1950’s until the<br />
introduction of the diesel/electric locos of today.<br />
Participants:<br />
John & Tricia Cranley<br />
Honda NSX<br />
Elaine & Vern Hamilton MGB GT<br />
Tony & Helen Best<br />
MG TD<br />
Errol & Wendy Hoger<br />
Territory<br />
Allan & Joyce Tebbutt<br />
MGB<br />
Denis Thomas<br />
BMW<br />
Kerry & Dane Horgan<br />
LaMborGhini<br />
Brian Cranley & Joe Binder MGB GT<br />
Andrew Scott<br />
BMW Z3<br />
John Davidson<br />
MGB GT<br />
Ian & Karen Fettes & Diane Davies Honda CRV<br />
John & Glen Boyce MG F 50<br />
Bruce & Gail Bayliss<br />
Volvo 242 OGT<br />
Aubrey Ross<br />
MG A<br />
David & Meryl Miles<br />
MGB GT<br />
John & Pat Walker<br />
MGB GT<br />
Craig Templeman<br />
MG B GT<br />
Marie & Cyril Bennett<br />
Camry<br />
Ross & Shez Letten<br />
MG TD<br />
Dave & Ann Ferro<br />
MGB<br />
Ian & Kay Wells<br />
Jensen Healy<br />
Barry Smith<br />
MGB GT<br />
Russ & Jenny Geraghty Honda HRV<br />
Bruce & Tipp Ibbotson BMW<br />
Geoff & Glennis Anderson Jeep<br />
Val Horgan<br />
MX5<br />
Bryan Ponting &Carmen Daly BT 50<br />
Kevin Trower<br />
Holden<br />
Jan Burke<br />
MGB<br />
Gary & Dawn Lawrence MGB GT<br />
Rob & Dawn Grant<br />
Pajero<br />
Tim & Lynne Bateman<br />
MGB<br />
Neil & Jenny Summerson Jaguar<br />
Ray & Susanne Edwards Outlander<br />
Trevor & Anne Mills<br />
Kia Sportage<br />
Bruce Mutch & Ross Brunckhorst Forester<br />
Everyone was enthralled.<br />
At the Pioneer Village at Laidley we were taken<br />
back in time to farming in yesteryear in all its<br />
glory. The massive Lynn Traction (Half Track<br />
) pulled 30 tonne logs out of the forest for<br />
Hancocks sawmill in Ipswich.<br />
Lunch was a sausage sizzle with snags, eggs &<br />
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