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Lindsay Street, Bridge Street, New England Highway, Murphys Creek Road, Postmans Ridge Road, Warrego Highway, Gatton-Helidon Road, Western Drive, Railway Street, Eastern Drive, Gatton-Laidley Road, Rosewood-Laidley Road, Karrabin-Rosewood Road, Dixon Street, J. Hansons Road, Toongarra Road, Old Toowoomba Road, Brisbane Street, Limestone Street, Burnett Street, East Street, Pine Street, The Terrace, Downs Street, Delacy Street, Tantivy Road & Mt Crosby Road (Cobb & Co Tourist Drive) |
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The Cobb and Co Tourist Drive forms one of the original routes between Ipswich and Toowoomba. It passes through several small towns, and consists almost two-lane undivided rural road, suburban arterial road and divided highway standards.
The route, in part, traces the steps of the famous Cobb and Co coaches, which were awarded the first ever mail route in Queensland.
The first Cobb & Co mail service in Queensland operated from Brisbane to Ipswich. Passengers and mail heading further west were taken from Ipswich to Grandchester by train and then by another Cobb & Co coach for the rest of the journey to Toowoomba.
After the railway line from Brisbane to the Darling Downs was completed in 1875, Cobb & Co operated from the western railheads, carrying passengers and mail to many outback towns and settlements.
Up to 40 horses and 6 staff were needed for an average day’s journey of about 80 kilometres. Teams of horses were changed at depots spaced every 25 to 40 kilometres along the routes. At its peak Cobb & Co owned thousands of horses and numerous coaches, workshops, offices and stables and employed hundreds of drivers, grooms, coach builders and office staff.
Cobb & Co completed its last coach run on August 14 1924, from Surat to Yuleba in south-west Queensland. The company was wound up in 1929.
Multiplexes along the route include:
History:
1 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
state-controlled roads and region maps, Metropolitan Region: east
2 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
state-controlled roads and region maps, Metropolitan Region: west
3 Lockyer Valley Council Cobb & Co Tourist Drive Brochure
4 Queensland State Archives, Little Liverpool Main Road Board
5 Queensland
Government, Environment & Resource Management, Queensland Heritage
Register, Heiner Road Railway Overpass
6 University of Southern
Queensland, Library, The
construction of the southern Ipswich bypass from Saunders Street to
Deebing Creek thesis by Elton John Walker
7 Lachlan Sims
8 Ipswich City Council,
Media Releases, Traffic lights to make it safer at Leichhardt
intersection, 21 May 2010
Last updated: 29-Mar-2019 21:24
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