Country Drives
Bunya Country Drive - 3/4 Day Trip
Start at Jondaryan, home to the famous Jondaryan Woolshed, and drive the rolling black-soil plains to Dalby, where you can visit the Pioneer Park Museum - then on to Jimbour, where there are prize-winning wines to taste at the Jimbour House cellar door and cafe, and to Jandowae (start of the Dingo Barrier Fence). From Bell, in the foothills of the renowned Bunya Mountains, the drive takes you through the National Park and back down to your starting point through Maclagan, with opportunities for more winetasting and dining at the Rimfire Winery and the Rangemore Estate Cellar Door.
Farmers Country Drive - 3/4 Day Trip
Start at Oakey with a visit to the Museum of Australian Army Flying and drive north to Maclagan. Close by you can visit the Rimfire Winery and the Rangemore Estate Cellar Door, or drive east to walk through the Muntappa Tunnel. On to Cooyar and there's a circuit walk at the Palms National Park not far north of town. The return trip through Haden, Goombungee and Kingsthorpe allows wine buffs to do more tasting at Gowrie Mountain Estate and Wedgetail Ridge Estate.
High Country Drive - 1/2 Day Trip
North from Toowoomba along the edge of the Range above historic Spring Bluff Railway Station and you're at Highfields, first in a string of charming villages along the escarpment. Don't miss the Pioneer Village here, and the host of specialty stores, including Danish Flower Art. Further on, the villages of Cabarlah and Hampton are just as well endowed with attractions. Whilst in Cabarlah stop for a coffee at the mexican inspired cafe Colours of San Cris. A circuit drive then links Ravensbourne and Crows Nest, giving access to their respective national parks and to Lake Cressbrook and Lake Perseverance.
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