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Biggenden ~ Queensland
Biggenden is a small country town 339 kilometres north of Brisbane, near Mount Walsh National Park. The town has a lovely park, heritage buildings, a museum, and interesting sculptures and murals.
When we visited Biggenden, we wandered around the town centre and Biers Park and explored the Utopia Rockpools and Mount Walsh National Park. We also drove to see Chowey Bridge, Paradise Dam, and Coalston Lakes.
Biggenden has a supermarket, bakery, pharmacy, several hotels and other shops in the town centre. There is also a large rose sculpture on Edwards Street.
In Beiers Park, we discovered The Pioneers Walk and Hall of Fame, which has informative signs about Biggenden’s pioneering families. These lovely gardens also have huge bottle trees, picnic tables, toilets, murals and sculptures, including the large Pioneers Sculpture. Near Beiers Park and the old Railway station, there is a low-cost camping area for travellers.
Biggenden also has several heritage buildings, including the Biggenden Butter Factory, which was established in 1911 and is now Biggenden Engineering Works.
The CWA Building was built in 1928 and is still used today. The Biggenden Museum building was originally the top floor of the Paradise Court House. It then became the Biggenden Court House, and now, it houses displays about the history of Biggenden and the surrounding district.
The walk to Utopia Rock Pools starts from the Waterfall Creek car park on Utopia Road in the Mount Walsh National Park, 30 kilometres south of Biggenden. The 3-kilometre return walk is along an undulating rocky track through an open forest.
The Utopia Rock Pools are a series of natural swimming holes in granite rocks, popular swimming spots in the warmer months.
The Mount Walsh National Park northern area is 8 kilometres from Biggenden. From the day-use area, you can see Mount Walsh and The Bluff Mount; these granite outcrops and cliffs are 703 metres above sea level.
There are also picnic shelters, tables, toilets and a short walk to the mountain's base.
The heritage-listed Chowey Bridge is 18 km northwest of Biggenden. The last few kilometres are gravel, and livestock graze in the paddocks, so drive carefully. This concrete bridge was constructed for the railways in 1905 and is supported by a 27-metre concrete arch and several smaller arches over the river. There is a small picnic area and information board about the bridge.
Paradise Dam is located on the Burnett River 20 kilometres north-west of Biggenden. Paradise Dam was built in 2005 over the old gold-mining town of Paradise. Near the picnic area are information boards with interesting facts about the town and the dam's construction. The dam has a boat ramp, toilets, picnic areas, and BBQs.
Coalstoun Lakes National Park is 20 kilometres South of Biggenden. In the National Park is Mount Le Brun, an extinct volcano with two large craters that occasionally fill with water. It was Formed more than 600,000 years ago and is one of the youngest volcanic formations in Australia. There is a 4.4-kilometre walking track to see the craters.
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