The Karara siding, on the old Warwick to Dirranbandi line no longer exists.
Karara is a rural town in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Karara had a population of 123 people.
The town is on the Darling Downs on the Cunningham Highway, 208 kilometres south west of the state capital, Brisbane. The highway passes through the locality from the east to the south-west. The Toowoomba–Karara Road (State Route 48) connects the highway through to the north of the locality to Leyburn and ultimately through to Toowoomba. The South Western railway line passes through the locality roughly parallel and to the north of the highway with the locality served by two railway stations:
- Durikai railway station, now abandoned.
- Karara railway station, served the town, now abandoned.
Karara railway station is no longer in active use.
The station was opened in 1907 and this building became popular as a gathering place to collect mail, bread and other supplies when the train arrived from Warwick. The station master/mistress also were in charge of post and telephone exchange.
The building you are standing at is all that remains of the Karara Railway Station and was moved to its current location in 2001 for the use of travelling public as a rest area.
The cache is hidden close to, but not in the railway corridor near at this location. There is no need to enter the rail corridor.
PLEASE BE AWARE that this railway line is still operational, and that you may encounter grain trains, and the occasional steam train. Look out for muggle picnickers and free camp rest area inhabitants.
THANKS TO WIKIPEDIA for information used in this cache description.
Congratulations to chamad who was First to Find this cache, presumably on their way back from the Mega