Woocoo
The name ‘WOOCOO’ was originally given to Mt. Woocoo area, west of Maryborough and is taken from the original word ‘Woocoon’, the Aboriginal name for the echidna.
A must do is a visit to Wook-Koo Park at Woocoo Drive, Oakhurst, where you will find life-sized statues of settlers, farm animals, native animals and a giant wooden carving of Wook-koo, who according to Aboriginal legend was the area’s first inhabitant. The park has tennis courts, BBQ facilities, toilets and children’s playground.
Continue driving past cattle stations and mountains to the small township of Aramara. Take Musket Flat Road and head to Mt Doongul, for a glorious view for miles of the surrounding area.
Return to Biggenden Road and travel to Brooweena where you will find the Brooweena Museum which tells the story of the area’s pioneers.
As you continue west, the landscape is dominated by Mt Walsh. Rising to 703m above sea level in the Coastal Range, Mt Walsh National Park is a rugged park with spectacular exposed granite outcrops and cliffs.
Just past Brooweena is Teebar, the site of the annual Teebar Rodeo. Here you can stop at the Teebar Memorial Hall and sports reserve.
On the return journey turn right into Yerra Road for a drive through rolling hills and sugar cane farms, and turn left into Pilerwa Road through to Mungar. There is the A.E. Fielding Park at Mungar, which has a cricket pitch, community tennis courts and club house.
Follow Mungar Road back to Maryborough West/Biggenden Road. Stop at the historic Yengarie Hall for a game of tennis or BBQ and let the kids play on the playground.
Alternatively you turn right at Pilerwa Road and follow Mungar Road to Tiaro and head north to Maryborough.
Call into the Owanyilla Riverside Park, on the banks of the Mary, just off the Bruce Highway near the Glenorchy Straight. There are BBQ and picnic facilities on the river bank and a jetty for swimming and canoeing.