The Gympie Bone Museum is equal parts scientific, quirky, and macabre. In 2016, after the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads announced a $1 billion upgrade to the Bruce Highway that included a 16-mile bypass around Gympie, local science technicians and educational cadaver suppliers Jaimie and Debra Cook came up with the idea for the museum in order to “bypass-proof” their town and create a much-needed tourism industry for the area. Operating out of their backyard shed, the Cooks collected roadkill and began preparing the carcasses for eventual display,…
