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Mount Maroon is a mountain in South East Queensland that is part of the McPherson Range. The mountain rises to 966 m (3,169 ft) above sea level about 12 km west of Rathdowney . The original indigenous name for the mountain is Wahlmoorum which means sand goanna in the Yuggera language. [ 1 ]
The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Southern Downs Region, 85 kilometres (53 mi) southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves).
Maroon State School with Mount Maroon in the background, 2015 Maroon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2772 Boonah-Rathdowney Road ( 28°10′18″S 152°42′49″E / 28.1716°S 152.7137°E / -28.1716; 152.7137 ( Maroon State
A ski hut was erected at Mount Baw Baw, 120 km east of Melbourne, in 1945, and a ski rope tow added in 1955. [52] The first ski lift went into service at Mount Buller in 1949, and in the same year a rope tow was installed at Falls Creek. [53]
Mount Barney, Mount Maroon, Mount May and Mount Lindesay rise majestically above the surrounding farmlands in Mount Barney National Park on the Queensland/New South Wales border. These rugged peaks are the remains of the ancient Focal Peak Shield Volcano which erupted 24 million years ago. Mount Barney (1359m) is the second-highest peak in ...
When conditions allow, Australia's rugged island State of Tasmania also offers cross country skiers some scenic terrain - notably in the UNESCO World Heritage area around Cradle Mountain. [32] Tasmania has 28 mountains above 1,220m and much of the island is subject to at least occasional winter snow. [9]
Mount Bartle Frere (pronunciation [ˈmæɔnt̥ ˈbɐːɾəɫ ˈfɹɪə]; Ngajanji: Choorechillum) [1] is the highest mountain in Queensland at an elevation of 1,611 metres (5,285 ft). The mountain was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere , a British colonial administrator and then president of the Royal Geographical Society by George Elphinstone ...
It is endemic only in a small area around Mount Maroon in the Mount Barney National Park in south eastern Queensland to the south of Boonah where it is found at elevations of around 900 m (3,000 ft) on rocky slopes and in crevices growing in thin sandy-loam soils as a part of heathland communities. [2]