Coalface Experience

Mysterious display kept in darkness

Inspired by the tourism brochure at our accomodation in Bowen, we set off for a Sunday day trip to Collinsville. The brochure says that Collinsville has a warm close knit community and is very welcomi...

Coal mining history

We stumbled across this experience coming to the Workers Club. So glad we did, it was so informative and interesting, from the opening video to the interactive displays and hologram show. Everything y...

At the Coal face

Absolutely awesome. Interactive displays about the history of underground mining and the struggles of miners in years gone by. Video interviews with the old miners really gave you a feeling of the m...

Poor takeaway meal

Ordered takeaway roast lamb last weekend and was very disappointed, especially after the previous two meals we have eaten in their dining room were lovely. The lamb was tough, but some slices were ten...

Awe Inspiring

Visiting a facility of this nature, opens one's eyes to the hardships that confronted our forebears in the late 1800's to late 1900's. What the people of Collinsville and, indeed, other mining communi...