Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - August 2019 | Page 8

Yuleba | Wallumbilla | Jackson
Home in Hervey Bay and has her three
August IN Yuleba | Wallumbilla |
daughters living nearby.
Jackson area
The Swaggie and the Smartphone App
Who SAW the Last Cobb & Co Coach
What
do
a
Swaggie
and
a
Smartphone
have
arrive in Yuleba in 1924?
9, 10 & 11 Wallumbilla Working Cattle Dog
Trial, Australian Championship & State of
Dawn Bergin (nee McCubbin) born in Yuleba in common? Not much most would say but
Origin
these will be combined during the Cobb & Co
on 18 December 1916 talks about being at
17-25 Cobb & Co Festival
the Cobb & Co Depot in Yuleba when the last Festival.
For the upcoming festival the new Cobb & Co +EVERY 2nd Wednesday Wallumbilla
Cobb & Co Coach arrived in Yuleba from
QCWA meet 12:30pm@ Jackson Hall call
Surat on 14 August 1924. She was eight and Way App will help travellers such as roving
Linda Hyland 0427630270
entertainer “Skippy” aka Mark Schuster
a half years old. Is she the oldest person at
+EVERY last Sunday of the month Jackson
participate in the re-enactment. Mark plays
102 years of age to see the last Cobb & Co
QCWA social event
the button accordion and will be seen along
Coach arrive in Yuleba???
+EVERY Tuesday Metafit & Circuit Training
the Cobb & Co Way as ‘Skippy the Swaggie’
Dawn lived in Yuleba with her siblings
5:30pm @ Yuleba Tennis Courts
bringing the music of the 1800’s and early
Horace, William, Jean, Reginald, Eve and
1900’s to life for festival goers. Festival
Jack with her parents William and Clara
25 August this year? If you miss this ride, it is
participants can snap a selfie with Skippy and
McCubbin. Dawn also talks about
5 years until the next one.
McLoughlins Hotel on Garden Street opposite their location and link to the Cobb & Co Way
Already many have registered to ride. Riders
App.
the Railway Station where the passengers
are excited to be travelling the historical route
from the Coach would stay overnight and
and are preparing their horses for the two day
then catch the train to Brisbane at 8.00am the
event. Trail Riders will be able to do the whole
next morning.
7 legs of the Cobb & Co Way or choose the
appropriate legs according to their abilities.
Food will be available at the end of each leg
which are approximately 10 – 12 km.
The Cobb & Co Coach from the Surat
Changing Station Museum will be doing the
trip and many will accompany it along the
Cobb & Co Way to Yuleba to celebrate the
last Coach to run in Australia. The Coach will
once again deliver mail to the old Post Office
in Yuleba.
Register now on our website
www.cobbandcofestival.com.au
Cobb and Co Festival
Dawn on the Rocking Horse with Jean and
Reginald Photo by Fergus Cox 1924
Dawn went to the Yuleba State School and is
the oldest student still alive. At the age of 13
years, she started work at McLoughlin’s Hotel
for 10 shillings a week and worked 13 hours a
day. All of Dawn’s family were known to be
good swimmers as they lived on the Yuleba
Creek and spent a lot of time swimming and
fishing.
Dawn often talks about of going to the dances
in Yuleba and nearby towns and would make
dresses for friends so she could afford to go
to them. I’m sure she would love to attend the
Cobb & Co Festival Ball if she could. Dawn
now resides at the Ozcare Aged Care Nursing
Dawn at age 100 Years of age
“Skippy” aka Mark Schuster with his button
accordion
In preparation for the Festival weekend, Mark
is planning to walk the Surat-Yuleba ‘old
road’. Mark is doing it in honour of all the
many German-Queensland pioneers who
came to this amazing region (1850s – 1910).
This includes the many nameless shepherds,
farm labourers, vineyard growers (around
Roma particularly) and teamsters. Many
people’s remains lay in un-marked graves in
the bush. Mark’s walk is to honour those who
pioneered the region.
Festival committee member Jennifer
Schwennesen said, “We really wanted to
modernise the Cobb & Co Way for the
travelling public and be able to help them
have a guided tour along the 76km route
between Surat and Yuleba.”
“The development of a smartphone app was
a concept we pursued as a way of bringing
history to life but also enabling people to
experience the outback in a whole new way,”
she said.
The development of the App is funded by
FRRR (Foundation for Rural and Regional
Renewal).
Cobb & Co Festival Trail Riders
Will you be one of the many horse riders and
or travelling in a horse drawn vehicle along
the76 km of the Cobb & Co Way on 24 and
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The Cobb & Co Festival smart phone app aims to
make the festival more user-friendly