Saturday, March 6, 2010

Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland, Australia

One of the loveliest panoramas of the Glasshouse Mountains is from the Mary Cairncross Park, a delightful picnic ground set off the road near Monteville, high in the ranges behind Nambour. Good close-up views of the formations are best from the back road of Caboolture and the little village of Glasshouse Mountains. These unique geological formations are plugs of ancient volcanoes, and their strange shapes standing out on the horizon reminded Captain Cook, in 1770, of the glass furnaces in Yorkshire.

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