Comments on: Exploring the Kanaka Trail http://www.yeppooninfo.com.au/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail Yeppoon Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:43:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: coralie francis http://www.yeppooninfo.com.au/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail/comment-page-1#comment-14838 coralie francis Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:07 +0000 http://www.briterwebdesign.com/blog/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail#comment-14838 I posted a comment last night....some of my questions are answered on an interesting site www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~auscqfha/kanaka.htm I posted a comment last night….some of my questions are answered on an interesting site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~auscqfha/kanaka.htm

]]> By: coralie francis http://www.yeppooninfo.com.au/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail/comment-page-1#comment-14822 coralie francis Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:59:52 +0000 http://www.briterwebdesign.com/blog/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail#comment-14822 I walked the trail Sunday, 07/02/10 It is yeppoons best kept secret, it has no protection and will be gone one day... my young adult children and their mates have been appreciating it for years as a secret spot... were the Kanakas abducted from the islands and brought here as slaves for the sugar mill @ Farnborough? and associated industry / handcutting cutting cane? What has the trail used for sincethis time? Did bullocks drays or slaves on foot haul the cane to the railyard? Where did the slaves live? along the trail? Where did the sugar Barons live? these were some of the questions I asked myself as I marvelled at the incredible remnants of a bygone era in our local / Australian / Queensland history. I walked the trail Sunday, 07/02/10
It is yeppoons best kept secret, it has no protection and will be gone one day…
my young adult children and their mates have been appreciating it for years as a secret spot…
were the Kanakas abducted from the islands and brought here as slaves for the sugar mill @ Farnborough? and associated industry / handcutting cutting cane? What has the trail used for sincethis time? Did bullocks drays or slaves on foot haul the cane to the railyard? Where did the slaves live? along the trail? Where did the sugar Barons live? these were some of the questions I asked myself as I marvelled at the incredible remnants of a bygone era in our local / Australian / Queensland history.

]]> By: jylan http://www.yeppooninfo.com.au/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail/comment-page-1#comment-11884 jylan Tue, 19 May 2009 10:15:31 +0000 http://www.briterwebdesign.com/blog/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail#comment-11884 Hi Denis, Thank you for leaving a comment here, but sorry for getting back to you so late. To be honest we haven't been up to the trail for a year or so, so don't know how much the track has degraded. Thanks for those tips on how to find the trail, I'll have to get up there soon some time and see what it's like now. Did you happen to take any pictures on your most recent walk? Also not sure if you managed to walk the entire trail or not, could you clarify that please? :-). Cheers, Jylan Hi Denis,

Thank you for leaving a comment here, but sorry for getting back to you so late. To be honest we haven’t been up to the trail for a year or so, so don’t know how much the track has degraded. Thanks for those tips on how to find the trail, I’ll have to get up there soon some time and see what it’s like now.

Did you happen to take any pictures on your most recent walk? Also not sure if you managed to walk the entire trail or not, could you clarify that please? :-) .

Cheers, Jylan

]]> By: Denis Horton http://www.yeppooninfo.com.au/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail/comment-page-1#comment-11872 Denis Horton Sun, 17 May 2009 21:43:03 +0000 http://www.briterwebdesign.com/blog/archives/exploring-the-kanaka-trail#comment-11872 Regarding Kanaka Trail I have been walking the trail since 1978 and am terribly dissapointed in its present state. Volunteers cleared the track in 1976 i think and it was possible to walk the length of the track from below the towers to the bluff. The easiest entry is to enter bush at end of Hughes Street,immediately turn right and follow road to towers,thru second gate, look for two flowering native trees on the right (Red berries) enter bush and Kanaka trail is within 5m Something must be done soon or this Icon of historical significance will be lost. I have walked the trail at least 10 times but not for several years until 16/5/09. regards Denis Regarding Kanaka Trail
I have been walking the trail since 1978 and am terribly dissapointed in its present state. Volunteers cleared the track in 1976 i think and it was possible to walk the length of the track from below the towers to the bluff. The easiest entry is to enter bush at end of Hughes Street,immediately turn right and follow road to towers,thru second gate, look for two flowering native trees on the right (Red berries) enter bush and Kanaka trail is within 5m
Something must be done soon or this Icon of historical significance will be lost. I have walked the trail at least 10 times but not for several years until 16/5/09. regards Denis

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