Whilst the Americans have Bigfoot or Sasquatch, and the Asiatic countries have the Yeti and Abominable Snowman, Australia has the Yowie.
Though accounts of the Yowie from Europeans only date to the 19th century, stories from Australia’s Indigenous people are believed to go back much further. These tales speak of an enormous beast similar to an ape, earning the creature nicknames like the “hairy man of the wood.”
The Yowie is usually described as a Bipedal, hairy, and ape-like mythical creature standing upright at between 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) and 3.6 m (12 ft). The Yowie’s feet are described as much larger than a human’s, but alleged Yowie tracks are inconsistent in shape and toe number.
Kilcoy, a small township situated on the D’Aguilar Highway 95 kilometres north west of Brisbane, is known as the Yowie Town with the last reported sighting in the 1970’s.
In 1979 two local Kilcoy boys claimed to witness a three metre tall Yowie and attempted to shoot it. It took off, allegedly leaving behind a sulfurous smell. Plaster casts were supposedly taken of its footprints and the boys became local folklore.
Kilcoy, Qld
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We have another local legend..the Bunyip! Of Mulgildie fame, but the belief is more widespread than that small town! Mulgildie has its own statue, as well..
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I will have to look up Mulgildie on the map. Another township I’ve not heard of…and should add to the Must Do List.
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Hmm. The Yowie sounds very much like a Bigfoot or a Yeti… Perhaps there is something about the global distribution that points to them having a common origin. Maybe they all started on Pangea and when it broke up they ended up scattered across the world! (Hehe! I’m glad the US is not the only ones to have strange myths – though considering the “normal” critters on your continent the Yowie isn’t that strange….
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Hahaha😂
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In Big Cypress, the Yowie is called Skunk Ape. 🙂
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That’s a dreadful name! Cruel!
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He is well liked. 🙂
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Next time we travel north to Qld I will make sure to go to Kilcoy and look for a Yowie.
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And order a steak at The Exchange Hotel , I hope ( It’s an abattoir town).
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I’ve always been fascinated by this mythical creature and where the name, Yowie, originated from.
Our recent trip to Canberra, with granddaughter, Phoebe, provided a new perspective on my concept of YoWIE and a renewed enthusiasm for the promotion of education targeted at Australia’s young female population.
In 2023, women made up less than 14% of degree-qualified engineers in Australia. While there has been an increase in young women choosing to study tertiary-level STEM subjects, the numbers still fall short.
UNSW Canberra’s YoWIE program is designed to disrupt the imbalance in the gender make-up of the Australian engineering industry and change the way in which young women think about engineering. The workshops offer a flavour of university-level engineering across six different disciplines – space, aeronautical, electrical, civil, mechanical, and software engineering. Phoebe thoroughly enjoyed taking part in every aspect of the program.
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What a wonderful program to promote engineering as a pathway for women. Hands-on workshops provide a much better understanding of what are involved in these industries as opposed to reading bylines in a careers magazine/ booklet.
I’ve just read that a group has been created to highlight the issue of Domestic Violence within the Redlands. Called RDVA, or Redlands Domestic Violence Awareness, with a goal of raising funds to promote awareness, it has ten representatives ambassadors. All male. Odd?
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I’m learned a lot about 🇦🇺 – never heard of a Yowie before.
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If we keep learning we keep living.
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I’ve only ever heard of Yowie as an exclamation of surprise, fear, or pain. Well done. Waygu beef isn’t available where I live. Some of the fancier restaurants in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver might carry it. If I ever see it, I’ll be sure to try it. I’ve learned so many new things from you.
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Learning new things from each other, from
all different parts of the world, truly is the best part of blogging. You learn, you see things through different eyes and gain a different perspective. Love it ❤️
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Yes!
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we’ve heard of bunnies, but not yowies. They sound too tall for us to see properly anyway.
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LOL
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