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Kilcoy ~ Queensland
Kilcoy is a small rural town surrounded by rolling hills and picturesque countryside, 94 kilometres northwest of Brisbane. It is known as Yowie country, as there have been more sightings of this mystical beast in Kilcoy than anywhere else in Australia.
The local park has a giant Yowie statue, and the visitor centre offers more information about Yowies.
When we visited Kilcoy, we wandered around Yowie Park and the Craft and Art Galleries. We enjoyed a coffee at the Central Milkbar and then explored the town centre's heritage buildings and street art. We also drove to Lake Somerset to see the dam wall.
Yowie Park is a lovely leafy park on the edge of Fred Greensill Lake with picnic and barbecue facilities, toilets and a playground. It is the home of the Yowie Coffee van, which operates Thursdays to Sundays from 7.30 am. The Yowie market is also held here on the last Saturday of the month.
Here, you will find the latest Kilcoy Yowie sculpture, and it's a great place to take photos. A Yowie statue has been on this site since 1980. If you drop into the Visitor Centre, you can see the head of the original Yowie statue and learn more about it.
The craft market cottage has unique local handmade arts and crafts and souvenirs. The Courthouse Art Gallery showcases a range of local and regional exhibits. The Hall of History exhibits offers insight into the town's past.
At the Visitor Centre, you can see the head of the original Yowie statue and learn more about Kilcoy’s Yowie history.
We popped into The Central Milkbar, a cool retro-style Cafe in the heart of Kilcoy, for our morning coffee. We wandered around the town centre, admiring the heritage buildings with informative signs about their history.
The Town of Kilcoy was surveyed in April 1888. In 1892, a post office was established in Kilcoy, but it was named Hopetoun Post Office. The town was informally known as Hopetoun until 1908, when the post office name was officially changed to Kilcoy, restoring the town's original name.
The current Kilcoy Post Office was built in 1913. The Stanley Hotel was built on its present site in 1918, and the Exchange Hotel was built in 1903 and has been renovated and expanded over the years.
We also saw a Leopard Tank outside the RSL and a lovely mural on the Ambulance station that depicts the scenes of early life in Kilcoy.
The Spit recreation area at Lake Somerset is approximately 24 kilometres from Kilcoy on a fully sealed road. Lake Somerset is one of Queensland's most popular freshwater fishing & camping destinations.
The Spit at Lake Somerset is a popular recreational area with a boat ramp, picnic and BBQ facilities, toilets and swimming areas. Boating and fishing permits are required and are available online.
When full, the lake holds 380 thousand megalitres of water and covers 4210 hectares; it is a part of southeast Queensland’s water grid that supplies the region’s drinking water.
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