The Wivenhoe Run
Because the Brisbane Valley is unique in having a large number of naturally occurring lakes and lagoons it has been given the name of ‘Valley of the lakes’. Almost all the valley lies in the Esk Shire whose governing council is now being amalgamated with the governing council of the neighbouring Shire of Kilcoy which contains more of the Brisbane River system. The new governing council is called the Somerset Regional Council. The Somerset region contains a significant number of large residences that have been restored to their original state when built in the 19th century. Many are still lived in and can be visited as a part of the living history of the early settlement of Queensland.
Starting with Bellevue Homestead at Coominya, other restored dwellings in the Somerset region are the Esk Heritage (Lars Anderson) House in Esk, Caboonbah Homestead, the home of Henry Plantagenet Somerset, Cressbrook Station at Toogoolawah, continuously owned by the McConnell family from the early 1840s to the present (not open to the public), Ringsfield House in Nanango, Stonehouse in Moore and the Convent, now the Heritage Centre, at Yarraman.
Read more about this topic: Bellevue Homestead
Famous quotes containing the word run:
“Man hath still either toys or care:
But hath no root, nor to one place is tied,
But ever restless and irregular,
About this earth doth run and ride.
He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where;
He says it is so far,
That he has quite forgot how to go there.”
—Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)