Bankfoot House, Heritage-listed pioneer homestead in Glass House Mountains, Queensland, Australia

Bankfoot House is a late 1800s residence with timber walls, a corrugated metal roof, and a central hallway leading to multiple bedrooms on either side. The rooms show how travelers and family members shared this space.

The house was built in 1878 to lodge travelers moving between Brisbane and Gympie on long journeys. It served as an important stopping point for coaches and passengers on what was then a major route.

The house shows how European settlers lived in this region and what objects shaped their daily routines. You can still see traces of family life that was closely tied to the travel patterns of its era.

Bankfoot House stands at 1998 Old Gympie Road, southwest of the Glass House Mountains township, directly opposite the Australian Teamsters Hall of Fame and Spirit of Cobb and Co. complex. The timber homestead sits on the route of the first Brisbane-to-Gympie road, so allow time to see both sites together.

Bankfoot House is the only surviving coach change station element on the Cobb and Co. Brisbane to Gympie route. It stands opposite the Australian Teamsters Hall of Fame and Spirit of Cobb and Co. complex. The first post office between Brisbane and Gympie was at the Grigors' earlier Maroochy River depot, not here.