Old Laura QLD @ ExplorOz

There are photos displayed of Mary and her family, including Mary in the boat they would cross the river in. As a teenage girl Mary would catch the mail carriage to Cooktown then onto a boat to Cairns to get to boarding school at Herberton.

Mary's brother visited recently when they were researching the historic display for the station and commented how much the feral pigs had changed the waterholes and wrecked the natural vegetation.
The photo shows my last trip through the area. The station has a number of outbuildings and is well worth the stop to have a look and think about life in the Cape last century.
There are no facilities here, but it's a good place to stop for an hour or two and maybe have lunch under a shady tree.

Temperature

Feels Like

Rel. Humidity

Dew Point

Pressure

Rainfall

Wind Direction

Wind Speed

Gusts

28.5°C

29.4°C

68%

22.0°C

1014.2hPa

0.0mm

20km/h
11knots

28km/h
15knots

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Mean Max. °C

33.4

32.6

32.4

32.2

31.2

29.9

29.8

31.2

33.6

35.5

36.1

35.3

Mean Min. °C

22.8

22.7

21.8

19.7

17.4

15.1

14.0

14.5

16.5

19.0

21.3

22.6

Mean Rain mm

261.3

262.2

180.5

49.1

16.6

12.1

5.2

3.5

7.8

18.8

62.1

156.1

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Old Laura Station was owned at one stage in the early 1900's by the Grogan brothers. Their daughter Mary, now Mary Geraghty is now in her 80's (2007) and happens to be my next door neigbour. She tells stories of the homestead being completely flooded and having to dig out mud from the downstairs kitchen when the floodwaters receeded. When you visit the station you can see from the location of the river that they must have been impressive wet seasons.