rt 4 Aussie World To Palmwoods C Mary Valley a Information Centres Legend d Rattler n Ettamogah Pub urg Road e 3 Brandenb r Montville Information Centre GLASS HOUSE B THE Winery Moo Phone: 07 5478 5544 d loo Mooloolah a la Mooloolah o h Toilets R C Maleny Visitor Information Centre TRAIN STATION on River National Park Jowarra Section e n ect Phone: 07 5499 9033 The Ginger Factory g ion To Caloundra d Ro i ad Lookout Ph: 1800 067 686 MOUNTAINS y BLACKALL RANGE R a Kenilworth Information Centre l e w n Ewen Maddock Dam h n Phone: 07 5446 0122 g u y Picnic Area a i T in W Steve Irw H Dularcha e To Noosa Mapleton Community Information Sunshine Coast Hinterland c Sunshine Coast National u Police Station Palmwoods r & Eumundi Centre Phone: 07 5478 6381 Park B To Maleny, Montville, the walks Glass House Mountains Information S.C. Hinterland Maleny Visitor and villages of The Blackall Range Hinterland Great Walk LEGEND Centre Phone: 07 5438 7220 Big Kart Track Info Centre (separate map available) The Geology & European History Toilets www.hinterlandtourism.com.au Landsborough 07 5499 9033 La The Glass House Mountains are subterranean intrusions of Museum nd Lookout s d magna formed throughout the area some 25 million years ago. b a o ) o r e To Imbil To Eumundi To Yandina d o Overtime the softer rock surrounding these intrusions has been v R i u a Picnic Area r b gh - Ma o o l D r n e eroded away. This has left the hard solidified molten rock spires K n t l Golf Course ld y s e v a Ro (rhyolyte and trachyte) that are the Glass House Mountains e B a r a d r CAMPING o F g we see today. If you had stood on the site of the Glass House ( Bowls Club Mapleton Bruce Highway 2 Big Kart Track PERMITS REQUIRED n State Forest o Mountains Information Centre 25 million years ago you would TEL: 13 74 68 (24 HOURS) t e Police Station Landsborough www.nprsr.qld.gov.au oolabin l have been some 300 metres underground! C e p TRAIN STATION a Cr e M Strawberry Farm There are a total of fourteen mountains in the area, Conondale e Aboriginal site Charlie Moreland k the highest being Mt. Meerwah at 556 metres. National Park R Camping & Day-Use o Sealed Road Landsborough a e Delicia Road To Nambour, Area Kidaman d D licia Historical Museum Lieutenant James Cook first sighted the Glass House Mountains on r Conservation Park, e R Eumundi Scout camp th v Hill o Linda Garrett Gravel Road Thursday 17 May 1770. He named them "The Glass Houses" after i ad and Noosa d To Jimna R Lookout Section a the shape of the glass kilns back in the north of England with which ary o Fig M R The Lilyponds sh Ro Info Centre Beerwah Detail Tree hru ad h he was familiar. He named Moreton Bay after Lord Moreton who Booloumba Creek T g Hunsley Mt Mellum Camping & Walk Mapleton Falls u was President of the Royal Society at that time. Road o National Park Day-Use Road r th o Twenty nine years later on the 26 July 1799 Captain Matthew Area Johnsons d b t a s y e o a Parking d e Flinders came ashore with a small party of men and climbed R d t RSL Club n a W S Camping o a g n Mt. Beerburrum. They camped that night at what is known Mapleton R n L i n o K e o w i d s d l r O l today as Matthew Flinders Park, shown as on the Map. p I p b a u O i D m o m e i K O E v y b R S i d i n e G a t To Golf R 6 s Peachester Roa m o n b S s d ad d y a e o l 1 Australia Zoo Club o Come up to the n y t P R O i R oad n C O e e r b l C e i O To Kilcoy a e b p m k i P C a p Conondale re Hinterland! R e & Woodford e R k o a oad To Coochin Creek National Flaxton Mill Ro M c h a ad es Park • Iconic walks and parks d - ter Road Roys Road Camping Area e FOR YOUR SAFETY! l Kondalilla Falls l i To Maroochydore Place Wear sturdy, enclosed • Brilliant shopping v National Park t and Mooloolaba shoes. Surfaces can Glass House Mountains n The Legend o be slippery. Carry drinking water. National Park • World class galleries M Plan to complete your walk Moroney of the Glass House Mountains d estern Av well before dark. Wear a hat, • Wonderful food a W enue Back in the mists of time when the world was a very different place, Schultz Ro Palmwoods sunscreen and insect repellent. Beerwah Roys Road Mt Coochin the storytellers talk of a family that lived by the sea. • Great places to stay Curramo Stay on marked tracks. 235m TRAIN STATION re Use a map or track guide. Obey The father was named Tibrogargan and the mother Beerwah. They R o all safety and warning signs. Li hinterlandtourism.com.au a Sommers Road Russell ad ndem lived happily and had many children. The eldest was Coonowrin d Mobile phone reception may be o an Road Family R Cooke Road followed by Coochin, Beerburrum, the Tunbubudla twins, Ngungun, Park unreliable in areas. In case of e Lake i urys Ro p B ad Tibberoowuccum, Miketeebumulgrai and Elimbah. Baroon emergency call 000 or 112 if you Ansell Road m d d y oa Tibrogargan was once down at the shore when he noticed with oa are experiencing bad reception. G R es R d k I l ad Pi alarm that the sea was dramatically rising. th h Ro O Yo r esc un Running to find his family, he shouted to Coonowrin to help his o T g Gerrards Lookout s lw Glass House Mountains R i mother, who was pregnant at the time, and gather up the young d Glass House Mountains o n Gumland a National Park e Drive a d children. Coonowrin was instructed to lead them to the safety of K oad o National Park y - a R Eudlo Ki en tt R n higher ground. Tibrogargan looked back to see how Coonowrin was l i Road Sahara gs R a o M W k Road ad e managing, only to see him running away on his own e l e Balmoral l r i C Lookout v Mt Beerwah intent on saving his own life. t Highlands Road 556m e n Glass House Mountains Tibrogargan was really angry at this display of cowardice and went Corks P g oc d o k i Mt Ngungun TRAIN STATION e r M after Coonowrin. When he finally caught up with him, he struck him t B Mt Coonowrin Fu 253m R - 377m lle o rt a mighty blow. His neck was dislocated and Coonowrin (Crookneck) ad y on Glass House Mountains Info Centre Aherns Road s n M Road has not been able to straighten it ever since. Gardner’s t Porters e 07 5438 7220 Falls l Be erwah R Road When you look at the mountains today you will see that Tibrogargan Lane a oa rin B d w o M w e o still sits with his back to his son and gazes out to sea. l Road n e l o n i Co Roa v d Coonowrin has still not been forgiven by the family and hangs his s denberg Road ad e Sinclair Lane an o e r R Howells Knob B Bankfoot House rs head in shame. Late on a cold brittle winter's night you may hear R r Lookout Ba Jo him softly crying as his tears roll down to form the many streams hnsto Rees Lane n Ro WARNING var ad which flow down to the sea from where his troubles began. Mary Cairncross Ho d R Don't have your visit spoilt. Reduce the risk of Burnett o d To Woodford Mt Cooee a M Park a arshs theft by removing valuables from your vehicle. d ad (sealed Ro Lane o o to ad R Glass Hou R lookou G se rd t) era e M s - W dfo ghty Lan iver Road McCarthys nt d ng oo POLICE CONTACT Policeman Spur Road R Mou ain a a Ki Mt Tibrogargan View Ro l d Lookout e a 364m POLICE LINK ................................13 14 44 y n To Landsborough o Wild Horse Mountain y and Brisbane R Mt Tibberoowuccum Kilcoy e Kenilworth Police Station ......... 5446 0220 e l Glass House Mountains 220m 123m n - e La n i Palmwoods Police Station ........ 5445 0749 a La Lookout p n J Postmans Track t dsbo m r Maleny Police Station ................ 5429 6293 S o y Don't have your visit spoilt. Reduce the risk of ug G - WARNING Nambour Police Station ............ 5459 0200 h d theft by removing valuables from your vehicle. l y R O n Bald Knob Road o Glass House Mountains e 11 Maleny Botanic Gardens ad al National Park M Walking Tracks (see over for details) EXPLORE OUR WALKS AND PARKS To Woodford and Kilcoy To Peachester Beerburrum Track Name Class Track Name Class A The Fig Tree Walk 1.2km – 45min return F Gardner’s Falls 1km – 30min return - W o Park on the Maleny side of Little Yabba Creek.