In Dayboro: Enjoy a meal in Dayboro at one of three cafe's and pick up some gourmet sausages from the famous Sausage Man in the old F.E Long building. Have a drink at The Crown Hotel and listen to live music in the beer garden out back. Visit Dayboro Cottage for tourist information and take a walking tour of the main street. Purchase some art from the Art Gallery located on Williams St. Visit Colin Thiele's memorial (author of Storm Boy) in the Dayboro Cemetery on the outskirts of town along McKenzie St. If you are in town around May, look out for the Dayboro Rodeo and our own Dayboro Day. They are very popular events. More info on them can be found here.

History: Dayboro began it's humble beginnings in the 1860's as a source of timber for a new expanding Brisbane. Shortly afterwards, the area was called Hamilton, after Hugh Hamilton, the local receiving officer for mail. In 1892, it had a name change and became known as Terror's Creek (See the Terror's Creek sign-post on the eastern edge of town), named after the Arab stallion whose paddock the township now lies upon. The Postmaster General decided that the name sounded too much like Torren's Creek and in 1917 declared the area to be changed to Dayboro.

Sugar cane was first grown in Dayboro and a small sugar mill was built (see Sugar Mill Creek when in town), however, cane farming was unsuccessful. Dairy and timber took over from cane and soon a train line was needed to carry goods back to town. It extended from Ferny Grove, through Samford and Closeburn, all the way to the main street of Dayboro, opening in September 1920. A timber mill, a creamery and a butter factory were all located near the end of this line. The butter factory and the creamery are still standing, however, these days it's used for miscellaneous businesses purposes - not related with dairy. The timber mill was located behind Hay Cottage on the other side of the tennis courts and was removed relatively recently to make way for a housing estate. Due to declining rail traffic, the railway line ceased operation in mid -1955 and was also removed. The old train-stop was removed in the nineties - apart from the occasional land cutting seen along various parts of the edge of Lake Samsonvale, not much evidence of the train line exists today.

The oldest buildings standing in Dayboro are Hay Cottage, Dayboro Cottage, Terror's Creek Creamery, the Silverwood Butter Factory and Store, Lawrence Thorpe's Plumber's Shop (our Art Gallery), E.S & A. Bank, The Uniting Church, Bootmaker's Shop, Old Chemist Shop, Dayboro Community Hall and The Dayboro Butchery. (Mc Kenzie's General Store still exists however it was relocated to Old Petrie Town as part of their living display). They are all within five minutes walk of one another. A historical town walk brochure can be picked up from Dayboro Cottage when visiting the township. For further information on Dayboro visit this link. 

Uniting Church	The Dayboro Butchery