NA ="Gatton, Grantham, Helidon, Withcott , Stockyard,";
FE1[0]=" Midway between Ipswich and Toowoomba, 96 kilometers west of Brisbane on the Warrego Highway, Gatton is located in the Lockyer Valley. First settled in the 1840s, Gatton is a thriving agricultural town with sawmillng, dairy cattle,";
FE2[0]=" crop farming, beef cattle, pigs and calves. Five kilometers east is the Queensland Agricultural College, opened in 1897 and the spa water of Helidon is 14kilometers west. Located 90 km west of Brisbane and 104 m above sea level, ";
FE3[0]="Gatton was one of the earliest settlements in Queensland. The area was explored as early as 1825 when Major Edmund Lockyer (after whom the Lockyer Creek was named) passed through the area. The area was settled in the 1840s after l";
FE4[0]="and around Moreton Bay was opened up to free settlers. By 13 April 1855 the village of Gatton (it was probably named after Gatton, Roxburghshire, Scotland) was gazetted, and by 1858 it had become a major stopover point (it was a c";
FE5[0]="hangeover point for the horses on the Royal Mail) on the road from Brisbane to the Darling Downs. Today Gatton lies in the heart of a rich farming area where the fertile black soils provide huge crops of potatoes, onions, and vege";
FE6[0]="tables for the Brisbane markets. The area is also known for its beef and dairy industries. There are only a handful of vineyards in the area.";
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LA1[0]=" Gatton Shire covers 1600 square hectares of fertile Lockyer Valley, 90 kilometres west of Brisbane, and is recognised as one of the richest farming areas in Queensland. As well as the main town of Gatton, the shire encompasses the";
LA2[0]=" towns of Grantham, Helidon and Withcott. The western boundaries of the shire extend to the mountains of the Great Dividing Range and include a section of the Bicentennial National Horse Trail. As well as the Gatton Potato Carniva";
LA3[0]="l in October, Gatton hosts the Clydesdale and Heavy Horse Field Days at the showgrounds over the Labour Day long weekend, and is also host to the Sprint car races.  The Lockyer Valley, with it's wide range of soil types, irrigatio";
LA4[0]="n from the river and proximity to major markets, has become the 'salad bowl' of Australia. Among the many vegetable crops grown here are potatoes, onions, lettuce, cabbage, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, sweet corn, carro";
LA5[0]="ts, peas, beet-root, pumpkins and celery. Orchards also thrive in this environment and rows of mango, avocado and custard apple trees can be seen stretching across the landscape. The beautiful sight of peach orchards in blossom he";
LA6[0]="ralds the coming of spring to the region. In season, lines of farm workers can be seen in the fields harvesting crops. Many of these fruit and vegetables can be bought from the roadside and local fruit shops, ensuring the freshest";
LA7[0]=" and cheapest produce available. Farms in the region also produce lucernes and grains as well as pork, beef and a range of dairy products.";
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CL1[0]=" Located on the coastal edge of the Great Dividing Range, Gatton  is 104 meters above sea level. Like Toowoomba the climate is Mediterranean - i.e. similar to Canberra - rather than the tropical climate of Brisbane. Temperatures ca";
CL2[0]="n fall to minus 4 -6 degrees during the coldest part of the winter - although days are generally clear and sunny - and in summer generally ranges between 33 - 38 degrees. Gatton's climate is pleasant with four distinct seasons. Se";
CL3[0]="ptember to February is warm during the day and cool during the nights but from March until August it can get quite cold. Daytime temperatures average 27C in summer, 23C in autumn, 17C in winter and a perfect 24C in spring.";
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HI1[0]=" The planting of vines in Queensland pre-dates the formation of the state. Early British settlers established plantings along the eastern seaboard, and this was the normal pursuit for domestic self-sufficiency in new lands as well ";
HI2[0]="as for the medicinal needs then promoted by the colony's medical practitioners. Coastal viticulture was later unsuccessful due to the wetter growing conditions although some of the drier regions, such as Nudgee and Sunnybank in su";
HI3[0]="burban Brisbane , have persisted with small-time viticulture up to today. The real spread of vineyards occurred inland on the Darling Downs, planted by squatters moving north from the Macquarie Plains seeking sheep grazing selecti";
HI4[0]="ons. Roma was the birthplace of the commercial Queensland wine industry in the 1860s, and by the 1890s five Roma brands were exporting 500,000 cases of full-strength 'fruity red' to the UK for blending purposes, as were southern A";
HI5[0]="ustralian producers. Then in the 19th century German and Austrian settlers began practising viticulture in the Ipswich Scenic Rim regions, around Gatton, Toowoomba city and the northern Darling Downs. This is the origin of the whi";
HI6[0]="te wine simply called '1894' by the innovative Darling Downs producer Rimfire at Maclagan, from a grape of unknown DNA profile planted by German immigrants in that year.";
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