Picnic at Munna Creek:

When the Queen came to Queensland in March 1954 she visited Gympie and Bundaberg but not Maryborough, We were granted a public holiday to go and see the Queen, but the Burgess family took advantage of the holiday for a picnic to Munna Creek instead, We travelled in the utility, Mum Dad and Neil in the front – everyone else in the back. Dad had chosen the spot which was on a stock route. There was a big stump, blackened by many campfires, and we picked up sticks – including stringy-bark – and boiled the kettle there. It was a lovely spot, and the creek crossed a concrete ford and fell across the other side in a little water fall. The water was clear there and ran over stones. Dad took me fishing in a big deep shady waterhole and I hooked an eel. Dad landed it and Mum cooked it for tea that night. A day I remember as one of the happiest of my childhood.