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Refresh this page, adding a map of the area (SVG viewer required). Fast Facts at Owanyilla Park and Ride ... Secure Parking Video Surveillance (CCTV) Bus Connection ... Bus Interchange Drinking Fountain Toilets (open when attended) Public Telephone Wheelchair Access ... for trains to the city ... for trains from the city ... between platforms	Line: North Coast Line Regional Context: Australia > Queensland > Southern Queensland > Mary Valley General Notes: No passenger services stop here. However, woodchip trains to Gladstone originate at a balloon loop at the Canterwood Pine Chip facility just east of the station, and joins the North Coast Line just north of the station. About the woodchip operation: Canterwood Pty Ltd is a joint venture between Hyne & Son Pty Limited (51%), the Sumitomo Corporation of Japan and Sumitomo Australia Ltd. The company utilises pulpwood thinnings and other forest residues from Queensland Government owned exotic pine plantations in the Gympie/Maryborough region at Tuan, Toolara and Wongi, with the area comprising around 85,000 hectares. The construction of the Canterwood Pine Chip facility was completed in 1994. Located at Owanyilla, the mill is fully operational for softwood chip export to Japan. The first export shipment was in March 1995, being the "Oji Carissa" loaded with 34,000 Green Metric Tonnes (GMT). Canterwood's operation provides utilisation of a range of resources, many of which previously went to waste. For example the utilisation of the small diameter wood from the tops of sawlog stems has increased the recovery of fibre up to 15%. The company also provides an outlet market for wood fibre as an alternative to domestic use and diversifies demand when the domestic markets are limited. The Department of Primary Industries Forest Service administers Queensland's publicly owned forest estates, and some 3.5 million seedlings of Caribaea and Slash/Caribaea hybrids are raised at the forest services Toolara nursery annually. As the trees mature, the smaller and poorer stems are removed to provide more space for the remaining trees and to maximise the quality and yield of the final remaining crop in the shortest possible time. The forest is thinned using mechanical harvesters by removing every fifth row and selective thinning between rows. The stems are "bunched" and placed in the rows suitable for skidding to the roadside. At the chip mill, logs are processed into high quality export grade wood chips and stock piled. The woodchips are then transported by rail and road daily to the port of Gladstone. Up to 40 wagons on the electrified service are needed to transport the chip to Gladstone where it is then unloaded and stockpiled prior to shiploading. The woodchip stockpile area at the Gladstone Port can hold between 60,000 to 80,000 tonnes of woodchip. Anticipating that by the middle of the next decade there will be a de-escalation in the volume of softwood plantation resource available, the company is planning for a continuation of the resource by developing a pilot program for the establishment of extensive hardwood pulpwood plantation in the Maryborough district. To date, eleven plots of approximately one hectare each have been established at sites within a radius of 60 kilometers from the Canterwood Chip Mill. QR transports approximately 240,000 to 300,000 tonnes per annum of Woodchip from Owanyilla to Gladstone. The Woodchip is currently transported in VAO bottom dump wagons with "hungry-boards" fitted to improve the total load per wagon. Source: QR Industrial Products Newsletter, Issue 2, 2000 Attractions: n/a Address: Heath Road (north of Owanyilla Boundary Road); OWANYILLA 4650 Rostered Hours of Staff Attendance: n/a Available Car Parks: Total:  unknown Secure:  unknown Secure parking refers to areas where gates are locked during the daytime off-peak on weekdays. Street parking may also be available. Platforms and Destinations: n/a Telephone Number: unknown Ticket Vending Machine Code/Number: (not an option on the TVM) Distance from Central: unknown kilometres Elevation of Track Above Sea Level: unknown metres Derivation of the place name: n/a

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