‘Archers Lookout’ is just a short walk from Gayndah’s town centre, in the ‘Upper Burnett’ region of Queensland. As one follows the service road off E Maud Street, the incline becomes quite precipitous resulting in amazing views in all directions.
This amazing rocky structure seems to suddenly jut out from the surrounding landscape and is dominant in many of the sceneries in and around Gayndah.
Well worth the ascent – remember to take some water on those hotter days . . .
The lookout is named after two of the Archer brothers, who were the first to cross the Burnett River at the very spot that Gayndah now occupies . . .
” . . . Their next camp was on a small Oakey Creek about half a mile from its junction with the Burnett, in the evening they walked up on a small rugged peak a short distance from their camp. The diary continues :
” . . . Beneath us lies the Valley of the Burnett, surrounded by a complete amphitheatre of mountains, which in some places are very high and assume the shape of immense cones, indicating their volcanic origin. Long reaches of the river are here and there visible breaking the sameness of the low forest country which lies between us and the mountains. Here and there smoke from an aboriginal’s fire is curling up from among the timber which (with the exception of our dogs barking at the camp) is the only indication that the valley is inhabited . . .”
Source: Excerpts – ‘The Discovery, Exploration and Early Settlement of the Upper Burnett’ – by Mr HS Bloxsome, Delubra, Mundubbera – read 25th August 1942 – pp 341
Presumably the “small, rugged peak” was what is today known as, ‘Archers Lookout’.
Helpful Hints:
– Entrance – some 900 m from Town Centre – obtain Directions here
– Altitude at Gayndah: 111 m
– Altitude at ‘Archers Lookout’: 186 m
– Car Parking available along E Maud Street
– Minimal Parking at the Lookout
– Other Natural Points of Interest
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