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Danbulla is bounded on the west by Lake Tinaroo. Most of the locality is a protected area except for a small part of the southeast of the locality. The protected areas include Danbulla National Park, Danbulla State Forest, Danbulla South Forest Reserve, Gadgarra National Park, and Gadgarra Forest Reserve. Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Danbulla,_Queensland

Stretching from Tinaroo Range to Lamb Range on the Atherton Tableland, Danbulla State Forest surrounds picturesque Lake Tinaroo on the Barron River. This beautiful forest contains tropical rainforest and open forest remnants, softwood plantation forests, a crater lake, and historic sites. The forest is home to a wonderful variety of animals including the northern bettong, green-eyed treefrog, Lumholtz tree-kangaroo, Herbert River ringtail possum, red goshawk, and many rare plants. Danbulla contains the magnificent Cathedral Fig, a strangler fig reputed to be the best place for a dawn bird chorus on the tableland. Danbulla State Forest is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The forest is managed for a variety of sustainable uses for the benefit of the community. Source: austhrutime.com/danbulla_state_forest.htm

Wow, this is extraordinary history. Michael Joseph Boomhowers grandpa Dorlan Boomhower worked here at Sawyer Stolls. He was a tree faller and one of the best so Margrette Boomhower said. To this day she speaks of this place and she is 85 years old 2020, Nans own father besides her husband worked there... Abel Vaness was supposed to have been the horse caretaker.

A bullocky is an Australian English term for the driver of a bullock team. The American term is bullwhacker. Bullock drivers were also known as teamsters or carriers. Prior to the gold rushes in Australia, in the mid-19th century, bullock drays carried essential food and station supplies to isolated country areas. On return trips, they transported wheat, wool, sugar cane, and timber by drays drawn by teams of draught animals (either bullocks or horses) to shipping ports before the advent of rail. They travelled constantly across the landscape, servicing the pastoral stations and settlements far from regional transport hubs and urban centers. Some of the larger stations maintained their own teams for local use when harvesting and transporting wool. Both bullock and horse wagons carried heavy loads of wool and wheat which was the main produce transported over long distances, plus chaff and hay. A bullock wagon could only travel approximately three miles an hour (depending on the load and terrain) therefore it was slower than a horse team. Bullock drivers were typically skilled tough men who often faced extreme difficulties during their job. Bullockies were also colorful characters, often noted for their strong language. Some did not swear though, relying solely on gesture, talking, and whip movements as persuasion for the team’s job at hand. A typical bullocky wore a cabbage tree hat, a twill shirt of that period, moleskin trousers, and blucher boots, and carried a long bullock whip which in many instances he had made. During the early years, the bullock tracks were very rough with narrow, steep "pinches", plus dangerous river and creek crossings. Many roads still follow the tracks made by bullock teams as they negotiated their way up or down hills via a winding course to make haulage easier. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullocky