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A segment of the Spirit of the Land mural on State Farm Road, Biloela, depicting the history of women of the Banana Shire

The Silo at Biloela - Australia's Primary Industries Exhibition & Rural Hinterland Information & Visitor Centre - you can't miss it!

Greycliffe Homestead and Museum, original slab home of one of the Callide Valley's finest families, over a century old, housing an interesting variety of memorabilia

Tom Dawson Park, on a peaceful Biloela hilltop, has wonderful views towards Mount Murchison

Biloela Aquatic Centre, with two large swimming pools, a wading pool, kiosk, and landscaped grounds.

Photographs top to bottom: The Spirit of the Land Mural, depicting the history of women of the Banana Shire; The Silo, Australia's Primary Industries Exhibition & Rural Hinterland Information & Visitor Centre; Greycliffe Homestead and Museum, original slab home of one of the Callide Valley's finest families, over a century old, housing an interesting variety of memorabilia; Tom Dawson Park, on a peaceful Biloela hilltop, has wonderful views towards Mount Murchison; Biloela Aquatic Centre, with two large swimming pools, a wading pool, kiosk, and landscaped grounds. (Photographs by Mr Col Nutley, & courtesy of Banana Shire Council.)

Click here for everything you could possibly need while visiting Biloela! (an alphabetical list by subject)

'Banana Shire - a great place to visit, a great place to invest, a great place to live, a great place to grow'

Experience the secrets of our valley. Nestled in the arable Callide Valley, Biloela is only an hour's flight from Brisbane, less than two hours' drive to Rockhampton (which is only half an hour from the Capricorn Coast), and closer to Gladstone and its nearby beaches.

With over a dozen choices in accommodation (400 beds), more dining experiences to sample, two main shopping streets, including a modern air conditioned shopping centre with many specialty stores, we know your visit will be an enjoyable one.

Places to visit and things to do in the Banana Shire include:

Spirit of the Land mural on State Farm Road depicting the history of women of the Banana Shire.

Greycliffe Homestead is open for public inspection by appointment (Phone 07 4992 2405). It was relocated from Greycliffe Station, is built of slabs, and is over a century old.

Lake Callide, popular for fishing and water skiing, is just a ten minute drive from Biloela, with picnic tables and barbeque facilities. Lake Callide, also known as Callide Dam, is part of the Bass to Barra Trail, Australia's only impound freshwater sports fishing trail. Free copies of the 2007 Bass to Barra Guide are available from Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited (07 4972 4000), Capricorn Tourism (1800 676 701), Bundaberg Region Limited (1800 30 888) or Fraser Coast and South Burnett Tourism (1800 444 555).

More:

The gold mining town of Cracow, and a cold drink and counter meal at the Cracow Hotel; Bell's Creek Conservation Park, near Goovigen; Myella Farm Stay, and the Historical Village, at Baralaba - and camping, fishing, and waterskiing on the Dawson River; A picnic lunch at Junction Park, Theodore, at the junction of Dawson River and Castle Creek; The old Butter Factory at Wowan, transformed into an historical museum; A picnic by the Dee River at Dululu, and a dip in Gullivers Waterhole; Visit Mt Scoria, the 'musical mountain', near Thangool, walk the tracks around it, take a picnic or enjoy the barbeque facilities; Experience the natural beauty of Kroombit Tops National Park, where you can view the resting place of the WWII Liberator Bomber "Beautiful Betsy".

To obtain a Banana Shire Touring Guide, with maps, district attractions, accommodation and eating options, please contact our Rural Hinterland Information & Visitor Centre, on 07 4992 2400.

Informative links:

Local publicans' suggestions
- from the Banana Shire Council web site

Tours, Drives, Trails (Banana Shire Council's tourist information)

Things to see & do around Banana Shire
- from the web site of the Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Ltd

Please contact: info@biloela.com to add, update, or correct your details below - you're welcome to let us know your opening hours, if different from normal business hours. (please scroll down)

	Click to see a large version of this map, which shows distances between Biloela & surrounding towns.
	Click to see a large version of this map which shows Biloela in relation to neighbouring towns, and national parks. (map courtesy of Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited)
	Click to see a large version of this map, which shows tourist destinations throughout the entire Banana Shire.
	Click to see a large version of this Biloela Street Directory. (map courtesy of Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited)
	Click to see a large version of this Biloela Town Map, which shows locations of Biloela Civic Centre, Community Resource Centre, Community Arts Centre, & accommodation venues & 'phone numbers. (map courtesy of Mr Col Nutley)


Tourists on tour with Alan Sandilands, at Annies Creek Gorge, in Kroombit Tops National Park.

Lake Callide, great for barbeques, picnics, fishing, and water skiing.

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- MAKE A LASTING TRIBUTE - A RECORD FOR POSTERITY! -

"Tom and Pat Dawson (retailers) who served Biloela residents from 1939 when Tom opened his first store retailing groceries." THE BRASS PLAQUE PROJECT- RECORD YOUR FAMILY NAME ON THE PEOPLE’S PROMENADE IN KARIBOE STREET, BILOELA

Plaque: "Dr Richard Tan & Mrs Dominique Tan caring for their Biloela community from 1968."

THE BRASS PLAQUE PROJECT-

RECORD YOUR FAMILY NAME
ON THE PEOPLE’S PROMENADE
IN KARIBOE STREET, BILOELA

Plaque: "Ian and Di McCauley. Di was Biloela's State Member of Parliament from 1986 to 1997. Ian was employed at Callide Coalfields from 1975 to 1992. (General Manager 1979 to 1992) Proudly calling Biloela home.

Biloela Retail and Service Suppliers Inc., undertook a special project to offer to residents of Biloela and the Callide Valley, the opportunity to record for posterity, your family name on the People’s Promenade of Kariboe Street.

Taking up this unique opportunity will ensure that your contribution will be there for all to see. I imagine that in 20, 30, 40 years time, your children, grand-children and great grand children will proudly point out your name, and remember your contribution to our very special way of life.

The garden beds have been planted with Leopard trees, famous for their shade and suitability in urban areas. Low shrubs are providing colour and ground cover in the beds. The choice of trees and gardens was a deliberate one in reclaiming the street from a hot and uninviting cauldron during summer and a bare and uninteresting space in winter, to creating a space alive with movement, colour and shade.

The brass plaque will be engraved with your family name, and the year that you became associated with Biloela, or took up residency in the Callide Valley. The plaque will be placed in the footpath either close to a garden bed which will be paid for by your contribution, or opposite a carpark, and you may choose the wording subject to available space on the plaque.

Your financial contribution will fulfill the funding grant’s community contribution, required by Regional Living Infrastructure Programme, a Federal Government initiative, which provided the bulk of the funding to allow this three year dream of the beautification of Kariboe Street to become a reality.

It is our deep desire that this contribution be kept for the recognition of residents who may not have been pioneers, but have resided here, and been a proud part of the growth and development of our lovely town, and the Callide Valley.

Take this opportunity to be part of a lasting tribute to so many people who have a genuine love of our town, and our unique way of life!

HOW YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE

The cost of installing the tree, shrubs and garden bed and placing a plaque on a garden bed has been apportioned as:

Western side of Kariboe Street – Full Garden bed (2 sites left) - $1000.00 (GST Incl.)

Western side of Kariboe Street – Half Share of Garden Bed - $500.00 (GST Incl.)

Eastern Side of Kariboe Street – Half Garden Bed -$ 500 (GST Incl.)

Plaque: "Geoff & Julie Handley along with Matthew & Cameron helping Biloela grow - 2003."

Further information and arrangements regarding the position and location of your plaque can be obtained by calling Rosemary Munroe on 4992664 during office hours, or at home on 49921246.

John and Shirley Teakle agriculturalists from 1951 and Mark Chambers (from 1979) Lorna Chambers (from 1956) proud to call Biloela home