Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Last weekend I visited north and south Burnett in the south of my electorate. I visited Gayndah, which is approximately 400 kilometres south-west of Gladstone. Gayndah is the oldest town in Queensland and was once considered to be the capital city of Queensland. Gayndah is now in the middle of a fruit-picking season. The citrus industry in the region is powering ahead. Mandarins, oranges and lemons are being picked for export and domestic consumption. I sampled some of the mandarins, and I can tell you that they were super sweet and super delicious. Moving on to Mundubbera, I spoke to Mark and Jenny Postle, who have just restored an old building into a 70-room backpacker hostel. Truly, it is a great achievement for the town, and I congratulate the Postle family on this very much needed piece of infrastructure. I next went to Boondooma homestead, near Proston, where I enjoyed an afternoon with the locals. Boondooma homestead was the centre of the original Boondooma station, which was settled in 1846 by three Scotsmen. Boondooma homestead is open every day from 9 am to 4 pm. I very much enjoyed the afternoon catching up with locals at this very beautiful old homestead.

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