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Childers, QLD

Childers is not your regular Queensland sugar town. It is located 325 kilometres north of Brisbane. A magnificent row of Brazilian leopard trees divides the main street. Many of the stores have old frontages of fussy Victorian baroque ornamentation.

It boasts Australia’s only pharmaceutical museum. The museum houses the pills, potions, phials and other fascinating paraphernalia collected during a lifetime by Thomas Gaydon, who operated Childer's only chemist shop from 1894 until his death in 1935.  

Although the business eventually passed out of the Gaydon family’s hands, the subsequent owners had a sense of history and faithfully retained Gaydon’s tools, equipment and records, which are now in the stewardship of the local council.

Childers is popular with back packers due to the seasonal fruit picking work that can be found in the region.

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Accommodation

Gregory Park Motel
84 Foleys Rd
Childers, QLD, 4660
Ph: 07 4126 9180
Email: gregorypark@isisol.com.au

Backpacker Hostels

Palace Backpackers Childers
Address: Churchill St, Childers 4660
Phone: (07) 4126 2244

Secluded Springs
Address: 230 Foleys Road, Childers 4660
Phone: (07) 4126 9129
Email: glensue@secludedsprings.com.au

Sugar Bowl Caravanpark
Address: Bruce Highway, Childers 4660
Phone: (07) 4126 1521
Email: info@sugarbowlchilders.com