Caboolture Historical village

Today we took the car to Caboolture in the rain. However, after the 40 mins drive, it had basically stopped. The route was familiar so it wasn't too bad driving there. The Caboolture Historical Village is situated on 4 hectares (about 12 acres) of land just north of Caboolture town centre on the old Bruce Highway. In the Village there are over 70 buildings, and more than 110,000 museum pieces. As you walk through the visitors centre you then step out into a Village of yesteryear. The street with the old post office, barber, butcher and general store will bring back memories for many, however there is much more including an exhibition from the Queensland Prison’s Museum, the old Caboolture Hospital, several cottages that were moved from various sites around Caboolture, the old Caboolture Railway Station, and a popular exhibit with models of ships from the First Fleet to arrive in Sydney in 1788 in the Maritime Museum. We also found a mortuary, soap shop, lolly shop and Old Masonic Hall. The whole area gave lots of photo opportunities, with a few unusual and comedy moments! Without realising we were exploring the surroundings for at least 1 hr 30 mins. I think the Prison Museum and police station was interesting - partly for the information and examples of the building being used went right up to the 1950's and one execution that took place could have been a possible relative! We were thinking of heading towards Bribie Island after, but the weather again took a turn for the worse, so we decided to leave it for another day.Read more