Glass House Mountains Travel Guide
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When driving from
Brisbane to the
Sunshine Coast you are sure to see the iconic Glass House Mountains, located inland from
Caboolture and 61 km from Brisbane,
Queensland.
Named by Captain Cook during his expedition scouring the east coast of
Australia, the mountains are actually a series of steep-sided volcanic plugs formed when lava hardened inside the vents of volcanoes, and over the course 25 million years have eroded down.
Looming to over 500m over the Sunshine Coast hinterland, the spectacular Glass House Mountains feature strongly in the dreamtime stories of the local Aborigine. Four peaks make up the Glass House Mountains - Mount Beerwah, Coonowrin, Ngungan and Tibrogargan - all preserved within a stunning National Park that offers great prospects for bushwalking, abseiling and picnicking.
A diverse variety of fauna and flora exist in these remnants of the open eucalypt woodland and mountain heath vegetation, including 26 rare and threatened plants. The Glass House Mountains are still an important tourist attraction on the Sunshine Coast, and if you’re over the kitsch tourist attractions and glamour that personify that Sunshine Coast, the Glass House Mountains are a perfect retreat.
They can be reached by a series of sealed and unsealed roads known as Forest Drive. Remnants of the open eucalypt woodland and mountain heath vegetation, which once covered the coastal plains, provide a home for an interesting variety of wildlife including 26 rare and threatened plants. Local industries around the area include papaws, strawberries, avocadoes and passion fruit, as well as vegetables, macadamia nuts and tobacco.
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