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Childers - Queensland
Childers is a small country town 320 kilometres north of Brisbane, surrounded by sugarcane, avocado, and macadamia farms. It was established in the 1880s to service the sugarcane farms and is now a popular stopping place for people travelling along the Bruce Highway.
Childers has beautiful heritage-listed buildings, unique cafes, historic hotels and several museums to browse in.
During our recent visit to Childers, we enjoyed coffee and cake at Insane Caffeine. Then, we visited the Pharmacy Museum, the Palace Hotel Artspace, and the Backpacker Memorial. We wandered around town, looking at the lovely heritage buildings and the fun street art.
Open every day from 7 a.m., Insane Caffeine is the perfect place to enjoy Breakfast, lunch, or coffee and cake. It has indoor and outdoor eating areas with unique recycled furniture and a lovely mural.
The Old Pharmacy is a fascinating museum on the main street that houses one of Australia’s most extensive collections of early pharmaceutical history, including dental, pharmacy and photographic equipment, specimen jars and medicine bottles, medicine books and ledgers.
The building was the premises of local pharmacist Thomas Gaydon, who arrived in Childers in 1894. As well as being the pharmacist, Gaydon was also the local photographer, dentist and anaesthetist.
Out the back in the dispensary, there are rows and rows of jars and medicine bottles of different colours and textures, ointments, powders, mortar and pestles and an antiquated dentist chair. In the shop front section, you can see the stunning 1906 National cash register a large selection of cameras, and you can purchase old-style boiled lollies.
Childers has 25 heritage-listed buildings around the town, with stunning facades and historical significance.
The Palace Hotel was a former Backpacker Hostel where 15 young backpackers lost their lives when a fire was deliberately lit on 23rd June 2000. This building now houses the Visitor Information Centre, Artspace gallery and the Backpacker Memorial.
The heritage-listed Grand Hotel was built in 1892 and underwent significant renovations in 1897 to make it into a two-storey building. Today, it is a lovely traditional hotel, which some say is haunted by a ghost called “Luke the Spook”.
The Federal Hotel was built in 1907 for 1250 pounds, and the facade is virtually unchanged today.
The Isis Masonic Hall is located on Macrossan Street and was built in 1897. The second story was added in 1909, and it is one of the oldest buildings in Childers.
The Paragon Theatre was built in 1927 and is one of the oldest surviving theatres in Queensland. It was renovated and reopened as a 400-seat theatre to the public in 2014. It now has a cafe open seven days a week and stocks Childers Famous ‘Mammino Gourmet Ice Cream”.
Along the main street in Childers is a lot of interesting street art, from mosaics on the pavement to interesting sculptures, including Lava Man, Boobook Owl, the Cattle Dogs outside the Grand Hotel and the artistic stainless steel barriers.
Childers also has some interesting military history, a Historical village and several wineries you can visit.
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