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Listen for the screeching, siren-like calls of of calls siren-like screeching, the for Listen nectar. luscious House Mountains. His journal, dated Thursday 17 May 1770, 1770, May 17 Thursday dated journal, His Mountains. House feathertail gliders dip their tongues into flowers to drink the the drink to flowers into tongues their dip gliders feathertail east coast, gave these peaks the English name of Glass Glass of name English the peaks these gave coast, east At night, blossom bats, grey-headed flying-foxes and and flying-foxes grey-headed bats, blossom night, At Australia’s along voyage his on Cook, James Lieutenant found only on the Glass House Mountains’ peaks. 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Tibrogargan and Beerwah culturally-sacred the climb (E) © Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer volunteer QPWS Naumann, Ross © (E) bark of ribbons coppery-red and banksias of spikes of respect for the mountains’ sacred values. sacred mountains’ the for respect of these uniquely shaped, igneous intrusions—the Glass House House Glass intrusions—the igneous shaped, uniquely these Govt; Qld © Ashdown Robert (D) Govt; Qld © place, which is an intrinsic part of the Jinibara and Kabi Kabi Kabi Kabi and Jinibara the of part intrinsic an is which place, Jinibara and Kabi Kabi peoples request that visitors do not not do visitors that request peoples Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Creed Adam (C) Govt; Qld Bray, Jodie © (B) purple, yellow and orange. Walk amid stiff, yellow flower flower yellow stiff, amid Walk orange. and yellow purple, out mountains these climb don’t visitors that request As time passed, the softer surrounding rock eroded leaving leaving eroded rock surrounding softer the passed, time As of a volcanic era. Appreciate the spiritual significance of this this of significance spiritual the Appreciate era. volcanic a of volunteer; QPWS Naumann, Ross © (A) Wild Horse Mountain (its traditional name has been lost). been has name traditional (its Mountain Horse Wild Hovea, wattle and parrot pea provide bright splashes of of splashes bright provide pea parrot and wattle Hovea, place in this land. The Jinibara people and Kabi Kabi people people Kabi Kabi and people Jinibara The land. this in place surface. the beneath rock of bodies form to hardening dawn breaks across the plains and lights up the remnants remnants the up lights and plains the across breaks dawn Banksia spinulosa Banksia candlestick Golden (A) youngest the and Tunbubudla, Miketeebumulgrai, A profusion of wildflowers colour the landscape in spring. spring. in landscape the colour wildflowers of profusion A but representations of their great cultural heritage and their their and heritage cultural great their of representations but upwards more than 25 million years ago, cooling and and cooling ago, years million 25 than more upwards Be captivated by glowing, sunlit domes, cones and spires as as spires and cones domes, sunlit glowing, by captivated Be are Beerburrum, Coochin, Elimbah, Tibberoowuccum, Tibberoowuccum, Elimbah, Coochin, Beerburrum, are Beerwah and Tibrogargan are not summits to be conquered, conquered, be to summits not are Tibrogargan and Beerwah impressive mountains. Masses of molten rock were forced forced were rock molten of Masses mountains. impressive a sparse shrubland where lizards and honeyeaters hide. honeyeaters and lizards where shrubland sparse a they soar overhead. soar they them are their children. Coonowrin is the eldest. The others others The eldest. the is Coonowrin children. their are them carefully while they are here. For the Traditional Owners, Owners, Traditional the For here. are they while carefully Try to imagine the natural forces that forged these these forged that forces natural the imagine to Try forming rock, exposed the to cling plants heath montane as falcons peregrine and black-cockatoos yellow-tailed faithful dingo, lying at his feet. The mountains around around mountains The feet. his at lying dingo, faithful and Kabi Kabi people. We ask visitors to consider this this consider to visitors ask We people. Kabi Kabi and Volcanic beginnings beginnings Volcanic hollows of older trees. On the Mount Ngungun summit walk, walk, summit Ngungun Mount the On trees. older of hollows surrounding landscape. Hear the screeching sounds of of sounds screeching the Hear landscape. surrounding Tibrogargan is seen as the father with Ngungun, his his Ngungun, with father the as seen is Tibrogargan significant for local Traditional Owners, the Jinibara people people Jinibara the Owners, Traditional local for significant (B) Sooty owl Sooty (B) See scaly-breasted and rainbow lorikeets peek from from peek lorikeets rainbow and scaly-breasted See offering spectacular views of the unique mountains and and mountains unique the of views spectacular offering But first and foremost, these mountains are highly highly are mountains these foremost, and first But mountain out of respect for its great sacredness. sacredness. great its for respect of out mountain gums. scribbly of bark patterned the over fingers your Trace heathland, flowering and forest eucalypt fragrant Sunshine Coast. Sunshine place. Their lore and custom teaches them not to climb this this climb to not them teaches custom and lore Their place. © Qld Govt Qld © farms and pine plantations. Scenic walks wind through through wind walks Scenic plantations. pine and farms (Above): The Organ Pipes, Beerwah Pipes, Organ The (Above): away the hotter hours in the shade. shade. the in hours hotter the away with spectacular mountain views, within 30min of the the of 30min within views, mountain spectacular with taught to respect and protect Beerwah—a deeply spiritual spiritual deeply Beerwah—a protect and respect to taught © Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer volunteer QPWS Naumann, Ross © pineapple orchards, macadamia forests, eucalypt of snoozing or understorey the grazing wallabies whiptail communities and a place for visitors to explore forest walks walks forest explore to visitors for place a and communities (Above left): Yellow-tailed black-cockatoo black-cockatoo Yellow-tailed left): (Above important than a mother giving birth, Jinibara people are are people Jinibara birth, giving mother a than important tapestry a from up rising monoliths giant before Stand resident koalas. Look for eastern grey kangaroos and and kangaroos grey eastern for Look koalas. resident landscape feature, a valuable remnant of our native plant plant native our of remnant valuable a feature, landscape is the ancestral, pregnant mother. As there is nothing more more nothing is there As mother. pregnant ancestral, the is spot might you where ironbark grey and bloodwood different people. They are an iconic south east Queensland Queensland east south iconic an are They people. different views. magnificent with peaks dramatic Beerwah custom, and lore peoples’ Jinibara to According Wander through forests of stringybark, blackbutt, pink pink blackbutt, stringybark, of forests through Wander The Glass House Mountains mean different things to to things different mean Mountains House Glass The discover and Hinterland Coast Sunshine the into Venture sites still present and protected today. protected and present still sites Natural beauty beauty Natural significance for Traditional Owners, with many ceremonial ceremonial many with Owners, Traditional for significance festivals. These mountains continue to be a place of spiritual spiritual of place a be to continue mountains These festivals. (C) Koala (C) future generations. We hope you will enjoy your visit and respect these sacred places. sacred these respect and visit your enjoy will you hope We generations. future peoples who for thousands of years gathered here for for here gathered years of thousands for who peoples for country and working together with QPWS to protect this valuable cultural and conservation area for for area conservation and cultural valuable this protect to QPWS with together working and country for with stories, music and laughter of Jinibara and Kabi Kabi Kabi Kabi and Jinibara of laughter and music stories, with at the base of a scribbly gum scribbly a of base the at dubia Calochlaena bracken Mountain (D) heritage and is an intrinsic part of their country.
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