Maryborough celebrated Mary Poppins' author Pamela Travers at the annual Mary Poppins Festival in 2011. Crowds gathered to celebrate the birth of Mrs Travers who was born at a former bank in the city.
Art & Theatre
A FREE exhibition opening at Brisbane will chart how Maryborough-born Helen Lyndon Goff came to become author P.L. Travers and create the Mary Poppins.
Family Fun
THE Fraser Coast's “ultimate family festival” enjoyed another successful showing Sunday, as nannies and chimney sweeps took over the centre of Maryborough.