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cas van loon
 Aug 20, 07 - 11:00 PM |
Impression of Glasshouse Mountains
Mountain Scenery Unsurpassed.... From many parts of Eastern coast Glasshouse Mountains are intriguing sight vulcanic narrow spires, others massive rounded bluffs, mysterious in any light the history of them as diverse. colourful, as the natural beautiful scenery that's what, in 1770. Capt Cook, when sailing past in HMS Endeavour, did see formed from lava plugs of old vulcanic cones, over time eroded away along line of old rock fault, which did erupt in Australia's very early day local Aboriginal Legend of Dreamtiome has it about Beerwah, the mother her son, Coonowrin, Glasshouse peaks, used to throw firesticks at each other first white inhabitants who shared their life with Aboriginals were castaways not knowing that not far away there was a penal colony at Moreton Bay looking for a better life it became the home of numerous convict runaways those that couldn't take the "living hell" that had to be endured there, day after day timber getters arrived, using rivers, lakes, floating out huge logs of Cedar followed soon by those looking for rumoured gold, travelling from afar with the coming of the railways, towns founded as ports, now bypassed some of them, became ghost towns, now river had gone, didn't last others grew slowly into resilient, sleepy holiday towns over the years with plenty of innovative opportunity for the future, vibrant, no fears the hinterland, rich, varied, producing many tropical fruits, sugar cane scenic attractions, mild climate, a place well worh visiting again and again copyright cas vanloon 
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