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Portside comes alive on the last Saturday of the month with

Weekends with Mary!


Saturday – 5pm to 9pm


Re-live the bawdy, lively early days of Maryborough with a Lamplight Bazaar in its heritage Portside precinct.

Costumed characters, torchlight tours, entertainment, old fashioned food and craft barrows will help recreate the atmosphere of the once thriving port 150 years ago.

Take one of the quirky tours available on the night, including the Portside Haunts Tour, a Night at the Museum tour and Heritage Pub Tour.

The Portside Lamplight Bazaar is part of the 'Weekend with Mary' monthly event for both visitors and local residents and is held in the historic Portside Precinct, Wharf Street on the Saturday evening of the last weekend of the month.

Old fashioned guides will take people on a 'Night Watchman' tour, spinning yarns about sailors, smugglers, brothels and opium dens.

Exhibits will come alive on a 'Night at the Museum' tour of the Maryborough Military Museum.

To quench your thirst for history, join the 'Portside Pub Tour' and soak up amazing pub architecture and hear tall tales of the past.

Gatakers Artspace will introduce a series of musical and artistic performances on Saturday's to coincide with the Lamplight Bazaar.

Sunday – 9am to 1pm


A wonderful, lazy Sunday morning of steam train rides, brass bands and traditional children’s games held in Maryborough’s stunning Queens Park.

Brass bands play inside a graceful old band rotunda while the unique sounds of the locally made steam driven calliope echo across the park.

Hear Maryborough’s famous time cannon fired at noon by its Town Crier.

All morning, the Mary Ann, a full sized replica of Queensland’s first steam locomotive built in Maryborough in 1873, chugs along the riverside parklands.

Children and adults can also climb onboard miniature steam trains, which run on a circuit around Queens Park. It’s a tradition begun by the city’s Model Engineers and Live Steamers Association (MELSA) over 30 years ago – and one that uniquely captures Maryborough’s carefree, family-friendly lifestyle.

Mary Ann


More information about Weekends with Mary:

The Portside Centre
101 Wharf Street
Maryborough
Phone: (07) 4190 5730

Visitor Information Centre
City Hall on Kent Street
Maryborough
(07) 4190 5742


Portside Lamplight Bazaar

Nightwatchman Tour


Weekend with Mary dates:

• 25th-26th February
• 24th-25th March
• 28th-29th April
• 26th-27th May
• 23rd-24th June

Attractions in and around Portside:

Museums
Mary Poppins statue
Steam train rides
River cruises
Marina
Ghost Tours
Art Gallery
Heritage streetscapes
Brass Bands
Guided walking and bus tours
Riverside dining/picnics

Weekend with Mary Heritage Pass

Inclusions:
Tea with Mary with heritage themed delicious morning tea (approx. 2 hour tour)
1 hour 'Highlights of the City' tour on the Painted Verandah Bus
Your choice of two 45 minute themed guided tours at the 'Lamplight Markets, Portside'
Transfers to/from 'Sunday in the Park' for steam train rides, brass bands and traditional children’s games
1 hour 'Maryborough Riverboat Cruise' with sausage sizzle
Entry to 'Brennan & Geraghty’s Store'
Visit 'Mavis Bank Historic House Museum' – including delicious afternoon tea on the verandah
Complimentary transfers between Maryborough Railway Station and your accommodation

OPTIONAL (additional charge $55 per person): Ghostly Tours and Tales of Maryborough evening tour

For more booking enquiries or more information:
Phone: 1800 214 789
E-mail: tourism[at]frasercoast.qld.gov.au