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HERBERTON'S HISTORIC MINING TRAILS - 4WD * Some creek crossings may be impassable during the wet season - IF IT'S FLOODED, FORGET IT. * Mining landscapes can contain hidden hazards. Please stay on the designated roads. * The 4WD mining trails all use gazetted (public) roads, but may be unfenced. Please respect the rights of adjacent property owners. * Mobile coverage is unreliable in this area. Please consider using UHF radio for emergency communications and advise friends and family of proposed route and expected return time. * Abandoned town and settlement sites are marked on this map as approximate areas only. Look out for clearings, house stumps, introduced plant species (mango trees, bouganvillea, date palms etc). Silver Valley Road 12 26 Abdul Wade’s Camel Track Directions assume travelling south from Herberton Very steep climb from here to next peak (70m Abdul Wade, an Afghani camel trader, and his 1 Road forks – take right road in 500m) 500 camels made a flat line track across the 2 Small track to right leads to a small dam. Mine dumps are visible along creek to right. landscape to Mount Garnet. The track is Cardwell Track crosses here and heads towards 13 Porphry mine becoming less distinct but may be visible just Western Hill and old Chinese gardens (2 mile Site of modern mine. over the edge to the right. gardens) where one Chinese gardener murdered 14 Montalbion Dam 27 California Creek the other. On the left is the site where a policeman 4WD low range water crossing. Water race still visible about 1.5km to right. accidentally shot a fellow officer while trying to MAY BE IMPASSABLE IN WET SEASON. 3 Great Dividing Range arrest Jacky Norman, a local Aboriginal man, Plenty of sluicing for alluvial tin here. Note Hadley Castle to the right at the top (peak who was blamed. A steam powered face shovel was used here. and tin mine) 15 Elizabeth Bluffs 28 Cutting and rock dumps to the left made from Two crashes on this range: mail truck in the Bleached white quartz cliffs. material that was removed from the cutting. 1930s with passengers hurt; ore truck in 16 Petford Training Camp Note the fist-sized rocks – they had to be 1980s. Note the old Petford railway goods shed which removed by hand and wheelbarrow. 4 Mulligan Camp – silver discovery site has been moved to the site. View of the Tate Valley on the right. Dam wall created by Glen Gordon Volcanics 29 Top of Great Dividing Range (approx. area). Sundown Road Maximum altitude 763m. Mulligan, Newell and Stenhouse were camped Directions assume travelling south from Almaden 30 Better gravel road surface begins. here and used rock across the river for target 17 Sheeba’s Breasts 31 House of Clyde Senz, the last major sluicing practice. Two small peaks in distance to left. operator on the left. 5 Sheppards Waterhole 18 Gingerella Crossing Good swimming spot for most of the year. The site of Gingerella Station homestead – some Coolgarra Road The army trialled TNT here in one of the biggest remains are visible. Directions assume travelling north from Mount Garnet Note the purple rock to the left on the southern explosions in Australia during WWII. 32 Crossing Doyle’s track to Georgetown. 6 Captain’s Gully side where there is a good picnic area. 33 Small intersection to left leads to cemetery. Start of tin mining area 19 Rocky Tate River Captain’s Mine is to the right after the creek Sundown causeway. Last 34 Top of range crossing. good water until the highway. Intersection to right leads to an Vern Rutter’s (a tin scratcher) old camp is 20 Sandy Tate River Crossing old battery site. down another track to the right. . Mined areas evident to the right. 7 Sailor’s Gully Nymbool Road 35 Coolgarra Station (exit) Along the left side of the road are signs of alluvial Directions assume travelling south from Lappa WIRE GATE OVER ROAD MUST BE SHUT tin mining (uneven ground and rock piles). Junction AFTER PASSAGE. On the right, the creek bank shows signs of 21 Road forks – take the left (narrower) track 36 Small road widening to right is stopping point to being extensively worked for tin. 22 This section of the railway was built by Overend access Mount Misery peak uphill 200m to left of 8 Iron was mined in this area in WWII. and Wilcox using a cut-and-fill technique, and 60 road. Scenic views. navvies (railway workers) 37 Possible site of Aboriginal massacre on the flat Herberton-Petford Road from . on the right. Directions assume travelling west from Herberton 23 This long sandy section of track with seepages Old battery site also to the right close to the hill 9 Lookout over Wild River Valley to Bluff rock is filled with mullock from Sunnymount Mine. slope. 10 Western Hill – Great Dividing Range Alluvial tin was discovered in this area by the Top of Great Dividing Range Halpin brothers. For more information on local history or other Safe parking on the small track and small area 24 The waterhole to the left was used for tin mining. interesting sites to visit, please enquire at one of the to turn around. It’s the boundary of Sunnymount Station and Visitor Information Centres. 11 Anzac Tree the site of a railway camp. Planted in 1917 with the names of WWI 25 Small cutting to the left still has railway volunteers. sleepers. Covered area nearby but toilets may be locked. !

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HERBERTON'S HISTORIC MINING TRAILS - 4WD kms * Some creek crossings may be impassable during the wet season - IF IT'S FLOODED, FORGET IT. 0 5 10 20 * Mining landscapes can contain hidden hazards. Please stay on the designated roads. * The 4WD mining trails all use gazetted (public) roads, but may be unfenced. Please respect the rights of adjacent property owners. N * Mobile coverage is unreliable in this area. Please consider using UHF radio for emergency communications and advise friends and family of proposed route and expected return time. * Abandoned town and settlement sites are marked on this map as approximate areas only. Look out for clearings, house stumps, introduced plant species (mango trees, bouganvillea, date palms etc).