Glass House Mountains National Park

Glass House Mountains National Park Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Mount Coonowrin, Glass House Mountains
Glass House Mountains National Park
Nearest town or city	Brisbane
Coordinates	26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E / 26.84750°S 152.95417°E / -26.84750; 152.95417Coordinates: 26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E / 26.84750°S 152.95417°E / -26.84750; 152.95417
Established	1994
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Glass House Mountains National Park
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park in the Australian state of Queensland, 70 km (43 mi) north of Brisbane. It consists of a flat plain punctuated by rhyolite and trachyte volcanic plugs, the cores of extinct volcanoes that formed 27 million to 26 million years ago.^[1]^[2] The mountains would once have had pyroclastic exteriors, but these have eroded away.

The park was established in 1994. On 23 June 2010 the Queensland Government announced the expansion of the park to include an additional 2,117 hectares.

Origin of name

The Glass House Mountains were named by Captain James Cook as he sailed north up the coast of what is now Queensland in 1770 as part of his voyage aboard his ship HM Bark Endeavour.^[3] They were so called as the shape of the mountains reminded him of the huge glass furnaces (glasshouses) back in his native Yorkshire.^[4]^[5]

Peaks

The peaks rise prominently from the surrounding landscape and generally have steep sides.^[6] The Glass House Mountains are:

Mount Beerburrum, 276 m
Mount Beerwah, 556 m
Mount Coochin, 235 m
Mount Coonowrin or Crookneck, 377 m
Mount Elimbah or The Saddleback, 129 m
Mount Miketeebumulgrai, 199 m
Mount Ngungun, 253 m
Round Mountain
Mount Tibberoowuccum, 220 m
Mount Tibrogargan, 364 m
Mount Tunbubudla or the Twins, 312 and 293 m The twins are one mountain.
Wild Horse Mountain, 123 m

Early morning fog

Mount Beerwah is the highest peak within the park at 555 m (1,821 ft) however public access to the 'tourist track' in the National Park has been restricted since 2009.^[7] Mount Coonowrin 377 m (1,237 ft) is the second highest however public access to it has been prohibited since 1999 and Mount Tibrogargan at 364 m (1,194 ft) is the third highest which is open. Walking track allow access to the summits of Mount Beerwah, Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun, however climbing of Mount Coonowrin is prohibited due to the danger of trachyte rock stability.

Flora

Glass House Mountains viewed from Mary Cairncross Reserve

Glass House Mountains Lookout Information

The peaks support a diverse range of habitats including montane heath and shrubland, open forest and woodlands and small rainforest patches on some peaks. The montane heath is particularly rich in threatened and endemic species many of which can be found nowhere else. In total there are 26 species of rare vegetation on the heaths.^[3] The Glasshouse Mountains Tea Tree Leptospermum leuhmanii is restricted to the peaks and is notable for its beautiful smooth orange bark. The Mount Beerwah Mallee Red Gum Eucalyptus kabiana is also endemic and is named after the local Aboriginal Tribe and traditional owners the Kabi Kabi (pronounced Gubbi Gubbi). Other endemic plants include Gonocarpus effusus, Grevillea hodgei, Westringia grandifolia and Leptospermum oreophyllum ^[8]

Heritage listing

The Glass House Mountains National Park was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2007.^[9]

Facilities

Camp grounds are available at Glasshouse Mountains township and Coochin Creek, west of Beerwah.^[6] Lookouts have been built at several of the summits. Access is via the Steve Irwin Way exit from the Bruce Highway.^[6]

References

↑ Cohen B.E., Vasconcelos P.M., Knesel K.M. (2007) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Constraints on the Timing of Oligocene Intraplate Volcanism in Southeast Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 54, pages 105-125.
↑ Knesel K. M., Cohen B.E., Vasconcelos P. M., and Thiede D.S. (2008) Rapid change in drift of the Australian plate records collision with Ontong Java Plateau, Nature vol 454, pp. 754-757.
1 2 Explore Queensland's National Parks. Prahran, Victoria: Explore Australia Publishing. 2008. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4.
↑ Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland
↑ History of the Glasshouse Mountains
1 2 3 Shilton, Peter (2005). Natural Areas of Queensland. Mount Gravatt, Queensland: Goldpress. pp. 160–162. ISBN 0-9758275-0-2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Mount Beerwah track closed - Glass House Mountains National Park. Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
↑ .Leiper, Glenn et al.(2008) Mangroves to Mountains: a field guide to the native plants of south-east Queensland - Society for Growing Australian Plants Logan River Branch, Browns Plains QLD.
↑ "Glass House Mountains National Park and Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1 (entry 602494)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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South East Queensland, Queensland

Cities	Brisbane Caboolture Gold Coast Ipswich Logan City Redland City Redcliffe City Sunshine Coast

Urban areas	Beenleigh Caboolture Caloundra Nambour Springfield

Townships	Amity Point Aratula Beaudesert Beechmont Boonah Canungra Coominya D'Aguilar Dayboro Dugandan Dunwich Esk Eudlo Eumundi Fernvale Forest Hill Gatton Glass House Mountains Grandchester Grantham Harlin Harrisville Helidon Hillview Jimboomba Jimna Kalbar Kilcoy Laidley Landsborough Linville Logan Village Lowood Ma Ma Creek Maleny Mapleton Marburg Minden Montville Moore Mount Alford Murphys Creek Rathdowney Redland Bay Rosevale Rosewood Toogoolawah Wamuran Warrill View Withcott Woodford

National parks	Bellthorpe Blue Lake Bribie Island Burleigh Head Conondale D'Aguilar Deer Reserve Dularcha Esk Eudlo Creek Ferntree Creek Fort Lytton Freshwater Gatton Glass House Mountains Kondalilla Lamington Lockyer Main Range Mapleton Falls Mooloolah River Moogerah Peaks Moreton Island Mount Barney Mount Chinghee Mount Coolum Mount Pinbarren Nicoll Scrub Noosa Nerang Ravensbourne Sarabah Southern Moreton Bay Islands St Helena Island Springbrook Tamborine Teerk Roo Ra Tewantin Triunia Venman Bushland Wickham Moreton Bay Marine Park

Places of interest	Blackall Range Bribie Island Conondale Range Cunninghams Gap D'Aguilar Range Glass House Mountains Moreton Bay Moreton Island Scenic Rim South Stradbroke Island Tamborine Mountain Teviot Range Wivenhoe Dam

National Parks of Queensland

Central	Blackdown Tableland Byfield Capricorn Coast Capricornia Cays Carnarvon Castle Tower Curtis Island Deepwater Epping Forest Eurimbula Expedition Goodedulla Humboldt Isla Gorge Junee Keppel Bay Islands Kroombit Tops Littabella Mazeppa Minerva Hills Mount Archer Mount Colosseum Mount Etna Caves Mount Jim Crow Mount O'Connell Mount Walsh Nuga Nuga Palmgrove Peak Range Rundle Range Snake Range Taunton West Hill Wild Cattle Island

Darling Downs	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Pidna Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range

Far North	Alwal Annan River Barnard Island Group Barron Gorge Black Mountain Blackbraes Bulleringa Cape Melville Cedar Bay Chillagoe-Mungana Claremont Isles Clump Mountain Crater Lakes Daintree Danbulla Davies Creek Denham Group National Park Edmund Kennedy Ella Bay Endeavour River Eubenangee Swamp Family Islands Fitzroy Island Flinders Group Frankland Group Forbes Islands Forty Mile Scrub Great Basalt Wall Green Island Grey Peaks Girringun Goold Island Hann Tableland Hasties Swamp Hinchinbrook Island Hope Islands Howick Group Hull River Japoon Jardine River Kirrama Kuranda Kurrimine Beach Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) Lakefield Lama Lama Lizard Island Ma’alpiku Island Macalister Range Malaan Maria Creek Marpa Michaelmas and Upolu Cays Millstream Falls Mitchell-Alice Rivers Moresby Range Mount Cook Mount Hypipamee Mount Lewis Mount Spurgeon Mount Webb Mount Windsor Mowbray Murray Falls, Girramay Nymph Island Oyala Thumotang Palmerston Rocks Piper Islands Possession Island Precipice Quoin Island Raine Island Rocky Islets Russell River Sandbanks Saunders Islands Sir Charles Hardy Group Staaten River Starcke Three Islands Topaz Road Tully Gorge Turtle Group Two Islands Undara Volcanic Wooroonooran Yungaburra

North	Blackwood Brook Islands Bowling Green Bay Brampton Islands Broad Sound Islands Cape Hillsborough Cape Palmerston Cape Upstart Conway Dipperu Dryander Eungella Gloucester Island Halifax Bay Wetlands Holbourne Island Homevale Lindeman Islands Magnetic Island Molle Islands Moorrinya Mount Aberdeen Mount Martin Mount Ossa Newry Islands Northumberland Islands Orpheus Island Paluma Range Pioneer Peaks Reliance Creek Repulse Island Round Top Island Smith Islands South Cumberland Islands South Island Swain Reefs Whitsunday Islands

South West	Alton Chesterton Range Culgoa Floodplain Currawinya Diamantina Hell Hole Gorge Idalia Lake Bindegolly Mariala Narkoola Thrushton Tregole

North West	Boodjamulla Camooweal Caves Porcupine Gorge White Mountains

Central West	Astrebla Downs Bladensburg Cudmore Diamantina Forest Den Goneaway Lochern Munga-Thirri Narrien Range Welford

Wide Bay-Burnett	Auburn River Beeron Beninbi Burrum Coast Cania Gorge Coalstoun Lakes Fairlies Knob Goodnight Scrub Goomboorian Great Sandy Grongah Mount Bauple Pipeclay Poona Tarong Woondum Woowoonga

Brisbane and Surrounds	Bellthorpe Blue Lake Bribie Island Burleigh Head Conondale D'Aguilar Deer Reserve Dularcha Esk Eudlo Creek Ferntree Creek Fort Lytton Freshwater Gatton Glass House Mountains Kondalilla Lamington Lockyer Mapleton Falls Mooloolah River Moogerah Peaks Moreton Island Mount Barney Mount Chinghee Mount Coolum Mount Pinbarren Nicoll Scrub Noosa Nerang Ravensbourne Sarabah Southern Moreton Bay Islands St Helena Island Springbrook Tamborine Teerk Roo Ra Tewantin Triunia Venman Bushland Wickham

Protected areas of Queensland

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