Saturday morning another hilight though... I went hiking/climbing on Mt Tibrogargan in the Glass House Mountains up on the Sunshine Coast. I thought it was supposed to be a casual walk/hike up a hill, but found out early that I was in for much more. There was some serious rock climbing / scrambling involved. It was good fun though and was worth it for the views from the top. I finally bought a camera too so here are some pictures:
The Glass House Mountains are found in the hinterland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. They are actually the cores of 20 million year old volcanoes, so that the sides of the volcanoes have eroded away leaving only hardened plugs or rock spires. Captain James Cook gave the area its unusual English name while sailing past, on his way up Australia's east coast, in 1770. From a distance they reminded him of the glass-making furnaces of his home town in Yorkshire.
Could use some updates on people from home.... what has everyone been up to??
You call that a mountain...I'll show you a mountain!! Had to say that before anyone else did. Read about the Glass House Mountains in a book I got and hope we can revisit with you in Nov. Also hear there're a park just west of Brisbane where you can cuddle a Koala and have that on my list of things to do. Moreton Island is supposed to be great and not as touristy as Fraser. Hope we can go there too.
ReplyDeleteCheers.