Glass House Mountains
| Glass House Mountains | ||
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 Aerial view of the Glass House Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Mount Beerwah ( 555 m ) | |
| location | Queensland | |
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 54 ′ S , 152 ° 55 ′ E | |
| rock | volcano | |
In the area of the Glass House Mountains , also spelled Glasshouse Mountains , there are twelve volcanic mountains that rise abruptly from the relatively flat plain on the Sunshine Coast in inland Queensland in Australia . The mountains are about 70 kilometers north of Brisbane . The area is part of the Great Dividing Range . The plain between and around the mountains is mainly used for growing pineapples , for poultry farming and for forestry and woodworking.
history
discovery
The name Glass House Mountains was given by James Cook on May 17, 1770 when he was the first European to sail along the Australian east coast and sighted the mountains. The surveys reminded him of the glass furnace in his Yorkshire homeland . Matthew Flinders explored the area in 1799 after driving the Pumicestone Passage and was the first European to climb Mount Beerburrum .
colonization
During the 1860s, settlement began in the area and large areas of forest were cleared for agriculture and ranching. In 1890 the railway from Caboolture to Landsborough , which allowed for better development. Under the Beerburrum Soldier Settlement Scheme , former soldiers and their families were given land, planted pineapples , and became farmers in the early 1900s . However, many farms were economically unsuccessful, and former farmers had to work in part in the timber industry, which was built in Campbellville on the banks of Coochin Creek and the timber flowed to Pumicestone Passage for further shipping .
Tree plantations were established as early as the early 1930s, as was the case in the 1980s and 1990s, when Pinus caribaea , Pinus elliottii and hybrids of these species were planted. The logging of the Queensland plantations brings in a billion Australian dollars a year .
geology
The mountains of the Glass House Mountains were formed by hot, molten lava that solidified into hard rock in the form of volcanic cores 26 to 27 million years ago . The lava came from the East Australia hotspot . The mountains are columns of comendite , a light blue-gray rhyolite and trachyte that quickly solidified. The soft rocks surrounding this hard rock later weathered , and the volcanic plugs that can be seen today emerged. The mountains are in a relatively close spatial relationship, so that it can be assumed that they were once connected.
mountains
All mountains are located in the Glass House Mountains National Park . Some of the elevations represent volcanic pillars, particularly Mount Coonowrin , Mount Ngungun and Mount Beerwah with the organ pipes. These pillars are the result of lava flows. Occasionally there are superficial cavities on the mountains that were formed by wind erosion and hydrolytic weathering in contact with groundwater.
The highest mountain is Mount Beerwah with a height of 556 meters above sea level. The most remarkable mountain, however, is Mount Tibrogargan , which rises like a gigantic sitting monkey on a road, staring towards the lake.
From the highest mountain peaks you can see all the way to Brisbane, Bribie Island , Moreton Island , Pumicestone Passage and the areas of the Sunshine Coast on a clear day .
- Mountains and heights
- Mount Beerburrum , 276 m
- Mount Beerwah , 556 m
- Mount Coochin , 235 m
- Mount Coonowrin or Crookneck , 377 m
- Mount Elimbah , 129 m
- Mount Miketeebumulgrai , 199 m
- Mount Ngungun , 253 m
- Mount Tibberoowuccum , 220 m
- Mount Tibrogargan , 364 m
- Mount Tunbubudla or Twins , 312 and 293 m
- Wild Horse Mountain or Round Mou ntain, 123 m
Mount Tibrogargan, 364 m high
Mount Beerwah, 555 m high
Mount Coonowrin, 377 m high
Dream time
The Glass House Mountains are located in the traditional land of the Aboriginal people of the Gubbi Gubbi . In their imaginations and tales of dreamtime , the mountains are sons and daughters of father Mount Tibrogargan and mother Mount Beerwah . The oldest child is Mount Coonowrin .
Tibrogargan saw the sea rising and ordered Coonowrin to take his pregnant Beerwah to safety. Instead, Coonowrin fled in a panic. Tibrogargan pursued him furiously and struck so hard that he dislocated his neck.
When the danger passed, Coonowrin felt immensely guilty and asked forgiveness from his father, brothers and sisters, but everyone turned away from him because of the shame. As a result, only small streams flow through the mountain area. Tibrogargan turned his back to Coonowrin and stared towards the lake so as not to have to look at his son, who continues to hang his head weeping in shame.
The mountains are of cultural importance to the Aborigines . If the Aborigines claim their native title , access to the mountains would be restricted as they see them as the spiritual places of their dream time . South-east of the town of Glass House Mountains is a mythical place, a so-called Bora-Ring , a place where boys are initiated.
tourism
The mountain area is open to tourists for boating, fishing, camping, picnicking and with campfire sites and toilets. The Australia Zoo is located in the village of Beerwah .
There are hiking trails to all mountains and in some cases nearby parking lots with tourist infrastructure. Few mountain climbs require mountaineering knowledge, for example the 123 meter high Wild Horse Mountain has an ascent with a mountaineering difficulty level of 3 and Mount Beerwah of 5 with a climb time of about three hours and a recommended drinking water supply of three liters per person. It should be noted that part of the mountains cannot be climbed due to the acute danger of rock falls.
Web links
- kamil.dsplabs.com.au : Photos of Mount Beerwah in the Glass House Mountains
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Peter Shilton: Natural Areas of Queensland . Goldpress, Mount Gravatt, Queensland 2005, ISBN 0-9758275-0-2 , pp. 160-162.
- ↑ a b derm.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Glass House Maintains , accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ a b c Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (ed.): Heritage Trails of the Great South East . State of Queensland, 2000, ISBN 0-7345-1008-X , pp. 127 .
- ↑ a b vnc.qld.edu.au ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Glasshouse Mountains (Qld) , accessed January 16, 2012
- ^ Warwick Willmott: Rocks and Landscapes of the National Parks of Southern Queensland . Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane, Queensland 2004, ISBN 1876125462 , p. 162.
- ↑ Explore Queensland's National Parks . Explore Australia Publishing, Prahran, Victoria 2008, ISBN 9781741172454 , pp. 14-15.
- ^ Brisbaneaustralia.com.au: Glasshouse Mountains . Archived from the original on July 6, 2011 ; accessed on January 16, 2012 .
