Mayes Cottage

Welcome to Mayes Cottage ... Located at Woodridge, Logan



It was orignally known at "Pleasant Place" .. because it's on a high hill - even tho is a terribly hot
day here in Logan yesterday the breeze just beautiful - we could have sat there all day !

The Family Tree

The Mayes used to grow alot of fruit - well they did anything they could to make money .. so they found good money in Honey - the picture below is a Honey Spinner .. they put the honeycomb into special slots inside the round tub and then using the handle - they spun the honey from the comb and it came out of the spout down the bottom ..

This piano is roughly around 120 - 150 yrs old the tour guide was telling us .. the panels on the front of the piano - you can't see it in the photo but there are 3 screw holes in the left and right panels - that indicates to the historians that this piano at one stage in it's early life had candelabra's attached to it ..

Now this one I couldn't work out - I thought it was a mixmaster .. lol .. but NO it's a butter churner - imagine having to stand there with the cream fresh from the cow's and using this to make butter ! ...

This one I knew - it's a MEAT SAFE .. water was poured into the top and it would run down the hessian bag's keeping the meat inside cool - this HAD to placed in a position where it was getting a breeze all day otherwise the meat would go off .. the breeze would cool the water on the bag's hence keeping the food cool .. amazing huh ?

A baby's cot ! ..

Their original wood stove



The entrance to the house as you come up the front steps ..



This was a stool made by 1 of the Maye's sons .. he worked at Waterford which is quite a walk from where the house is .. he worked on this at work and carried it home every night .. it would be about 10 klms or more ..



These are the floor boards on the verandah .. you can definately tell the difference to which are the "original" boards and which ones have been replaced ..



The view towards Mt Stapylton - Beenleigh area .. you can actually see Mt Tamborine and on a clear day you can also see some houses up there as well ..



The building you can see in the distance - is the ORIGINAL slab hut they lived in .. they lived in this for 16 yrs while they cleared the land .. they then built the house when they had enough timber ..



The milking shed which is just about to fall over ...