Delve into Glass House Mountains
The district Glass House Mountains of in Sunshine Coast (Queensland) is a district located in Australia about 622 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 76 °F
Morning Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Evening Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 60% |
Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 73% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
25°C (78 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
26°C (78 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Blackwattle Farm B&B and Farm Stay
Glass On Glasshouse
Glass House Mountains Ecolodge
Videos from this area
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Glasshouse Mountains 4x4 GoPro
Up at the glasshouse mountains around Beerwah with a few mates for the weekend. All the footage shot on Gopro Hero3 silver and white and 30FPS at 720p and 1080p. Great weekend away. The...
RE/MAX Platinum Carol Fardell 14 Clearview Drive , Glass House Mountains
Wow - a very special home in the Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Qld. Yes this house at 14 Clearview Drive , Glass House Mountains can be yours. Call Carol NOW on 0435 029 544 3 Bed,...
4WDing at Glasshouse Mountains (27 Nov 2010)
Group of 4WD Action friends driving in Glasshouse Mountains (27th Nov 2010).
Jeep WH Grand Cherokee at Glass House Mountains
This is Valpacer's very nice WH Grand Cherokee playing around at Glass House Mountains, QLD Australia. You can see more of his car on his channel at: ...
Glasshouse Mountains - Navara D40
Group of 4WD Action friends driving in Glasshouse Mountains. Shot of Nissan Navara D40 entering drop / water obstacle. (27th Nov 2010).
Brave Jeep Wrangler TJ climbing and mudding - Offroad Glasshouse Mountains
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Dumbo goes rock climbing @ Glasshouse Mountains Power line track
Dumbo and mates went for a day out @ Glasshouse Mountains power line track. Great track with lots of rocky bits. This part is not particularly steep, but it was a good fun challenge. FJCC...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Dularcha National Park
Dularcha is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 78 km north of Brisbane.
Division of Fisher
The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Andrew Fisher, three times Prime Minister of Australia. It is located in the Sunshine Coast area north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Beerwah, Maleny, Woodford and Kilcoy. It was a safe seat for the Country Party and its successor the National Party until the 1980s, and is now fairly safe for the Liberal National Party.
Division of Longman
The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1994. The division is named after Irene Longman, the first female member of the Parliament of Queensland and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia.
Mount Beerwah
Mount Beerwah is the highest of the ten volcanic plugs in the Glass House Mountains range, 22 km north of Caboolture in South East Queensland, Australia. It was formed 26 million years ago during the Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Mount Beerwah has two peaks, the taller of which is 556 metres high. It is one of the most visually prominent mountains in south-east Queensland. The first white person to ascend the peak was Andrew Petrie with his son John Petrie.
Mount Tibrogargan
Mount Tibrogargan is one of the many mountains in the Glass House Mountains National Park, north-northwest of Brisbane, Australia. It is a volcanic plug of hard alkali rhyolite that squeezed up into the vents of an ancient volcano 27 million years ago. Tibrogargan is one of the most easily recognised mountains in South East Queensland, bearing some resemblance to a gorilla or old man hunched over.
Australia Zoo
Australia Zoo is a 100-acre zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), and is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series The Crocodile Hunter made the zoo a popular tourist attraction. The zoo is run by Director Wes Mannion. Australia Zoo was opened by Bob and Lyn Irwin on 3 June 1970 under the name Beerwah Reptile Park.
Glass House Mountains, Queensland
Glass House Mountains (also spelled Glasshouse Mountains) is a hinterland town of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. It is located approximately 64 km north of Brisbane, belonging to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area . Colloquially it is often known simply as "Glasshouse". At the 2006 census, Glass House Mountains had a population of 4,450, with 1,853 living in the town centre.
Mooloolah Valley, Queensland
Mooloolah Valley is a small town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Landsborough on the main railway line from Brisbane with regular services southbound to Brisbane and northbound to Nambour and Gympie. Mooloolah is referred to as Mooloolah Valley to distinguish it from the nearby Mooloolaba, Mooloolah is under the postcode 4553, and hence is in the Federal Electoral area of Fisher
Landsborough railway station
Landsborough is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of the Queensland Rail City rail network, in the northern part of South East Queensland; it is also a stop for many state-wide rail services. Located near the southern end of the Sunshine Coast, it falls within Zone 13 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Beerwah railway station
Beerwah is a railway station at Beerwah on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail network. The station is in Zone 12 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. The station is served by a bus service which connects passengers to the popular Australia Zoo tourist attraction, as well as the Caboolture-Nambour railbus.
Glasshouse Mountains railway station
Glasshouse Mountains is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. The station opened in 1891 as Glass Mountains. It was renamed Glass House Mountains in 1914. The official station name was later changed to Glasshouse Mountains, which differs from the Glass House Mountains after which it was named. The station is in Zone 11 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Beerburrum railway station
Beerburrum is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. The station is in Zone 10 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. A new station was built under the Caboolture to Beerburrum Duplication project a part of the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program. The new station was opened to the public on the 14th of April 2009.
Elimbah railway station
Elimbah is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. The station is in a transition precinct between Zone 9 and Zone 10 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. A new station was built under the Caboolture to Beerburrum Duplication project, a part of the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program. The new station was opened to the public on the 14th of April 2009.
Landsborough, Queensland
Landsborough is a small town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of the Glasshouse Mountains just off Steve Irwin Way, 82 km north of Brisbane at the base of the southern end of the Blackall Range. At the 2006 census, Landsborough had a population of 2,805. Landsborough is situated on the main railway line from Brisbane and there are several services daily southbound to Brisbane and northbound to Nambour and Gympie.
Mooloolah railway station
Mooloolah is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. The station is in Zone 14 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Mount Coonowrin
Coonowrin is one of the Glass House Mountains, located in Queensland, Australia, located 19 km north of Caboolture or about one hour's drive north of Brisbane. It is easily distinguished because of its rocky formation at the top.
Beerwah, Queensland
Beerwah is a town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Glass House Mountains, approximately 80 km north of Brisbane, and just south of Landsborough. The main road through Beerwah is called Steve Irwin Way. It was formerly known as the Glasshouse Mountain Tourist Route and is accessed by the Bruce Highway, which bypassed the town in 1985. Beerwah is administered by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
Beerburrum, Queensland
Beerburrum is a small town in South-East Queensland, Australia. It is located close to the Glass House Mountains 60 km north of the state capital, Brisbane, in the Sunshine Coast local government area. The name is derived from that of a nearby mountain, Mount Beerburrum: in the language of the Indigenous Kabi nation, bir means green parrot and burru mountain. At the 2006 census, Beerburrum had a population of 287.
Ewen Maddock Dam
Ewen Maddock Dam is one of many smaller dams on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. It is situated approximately 5 km south east of Mooloolah and 3 km from Landsborough. The dam is managed by the Qld Water. Ewen Maddock Dam has a surface area of 370 hectares and holds 16 700 ML of water at an average depth of 4.5 m . It was built across Addlington Creek, a tributary of the Mooloolah River in 1973, to supply the fast growing region with town water.
Pumicestone Passage
Pumicestone Passage, also known as the Pumicestone Channel, is a narrow waterway between Bribie Island and the mainland in Queensland, Australia. The northern extent of the passage is at Caloundra, while at the south is Deception Bay.
4SEE
91.9 Sea FM is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in Maroochydore. It is owned by Southern Cross Austereo, and is sister station to 92.7 Mix FM. 91.9 Sea FM was the second Sea FM branded radio station after the Gold Coast's 90.9 Sea FM.
Elimbah, Queensland
Elimbah is a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the larger centre of Caboolture, and south of Beerburrum. At the 2006 census, the suburb recorded a population of 648 persons, with a median age of 36 years. Elimbah railway station is located in the suburb, and is serviced by QR Citytrain services on the Nambour and Gympie North railway line.
Beerwah State High School
Beerwah State High School, often abbreviated to Beerwah High School, Beerwah High or simply BSHS, is a government-owned secondary school located in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. It has students in Grades 8 to 12, and an enrolment of 1021.
Peachester, Queensland
Peachester is a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Peachester had a population of 452.
Coochin Creek, Queensland
Coochin Creek is a locality in the southern hinterland region of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Almost all of the locality's area is part of the Beerburrum State Forest.