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Super picture. Mass of rock, success

A 160-acre (65 ha) property near Beerwah Mountain was purchased by Robert Fullerton in 1913. In a government ballot opening more land for selection Fullerton acquired Portion 14V 4 kilometers from Glass House Mountains on the eastern side of the Old Gympie Road. The family arrived at Glass House Mountains on 3 June 1914. The older boys and their father followed a few hours later on goods train with their stock which comprised of an old horse ‘Dick’, two cows and a calf, a cat, and her kittens. Delighted at the beauty of the region Mrs. Fullerton named their selection ‘Dunnottar’ as the mountain reminded her of the country they had left behind. Hardworking Robert Fullerton cleared 2 acres of standing timber but when ready to plough poor old Dick the horse died. He set to work and dug the soil by hand with shovels and spades. Shortly after this, he planted his first pineapple crop. This crop was to sweep a new era of prosperity into the district. The industrious Fullerton family planted citrus and small crops including strawberries and Rosellas. Since those early days, the Fullerton families have produced and established large-scale pineapple and citrus farms throughout the Glass House Mountains district. They have helped shape policies on quota deliveries of pineapples and are a powerful force in the overall enterprise including connectivity to the Golden Circle cannery. Source: heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Stories/Agriculture/Bil...

We skipped to the Loo Bridge previously -

Today's looks to be date match with beachcomber australia's one. Consecutive catalogue numbers, same widow open in the station, a white board propped against the gable. The men at the station have gone, and there is a stepladder there. I think both are fairly soon after the line opened in 1893.

L_IMP_2790 is one of the huge Imperial plates and has a choo-choo at the station, but the digitized copy is tiny.

Google Maps Satellite 3D is okay - www.google.com/maps/@51.9752746,-9.3363063,61a,35y,48.23h...

Broad white stripe !!!! Are the Mary's having us on. That is the crack in the plate that runs through the roof of the thatched cottage. I would agree with Niall McAuley soon after line opened. Stone walls look fresh no weathering on them. Look at contrast of wall with stile where it meets wall coming from behind gable of thatched cottage.