# Glasshouse Mountains # Photo Gallery by Don at pbase.com

# Glasshouse Mountains #

A series of volcanic plugs created about 26 million years ago and now exposed by erosion of the surrounding softer materials. The rocks are trachite and rhyolite.

In Aboriginal mythology, the mountains are a family, and their names have been retained in the current names of each mountain.

The Glasshouse Mountains were named by James Cook, captain of the ship bearing the first Europeans to see the mountains. He observed them from the ocean to the east and named them for their resemblance to the glass-making kilns of his native Yorkshire in England.

Glasshouse Mountains	Mt Coonowrin	Mt Coonowrin	Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia)	Mt Ngungun
Mt Ngungun	Small-leaved Geebung (Persoonia virgata)	Mt Beerwah	Glasshouse Mountains Tea-tree (Leptospermum luehmannii)	Keraudrenia hookeriana (Byttneriaceae)
eucalypt	Glasshouse Mountains	Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa)	eucalypt	climbing Mt Tibrogargan
Large-leaved Hickory Wattle (Acacia falciformis)	Large-leaved Hickory Wattle (Acacia falciformis)	organ pipes	Grey Fantail	Glasshouse Banksia (Banksia conferta)

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Tom Murray		10-Jun-2019 02:00
Very nice gallery. I like how they names the mountains after their dingo and the father of mountains. The plants are interesting, especially all the different species of Banksia.

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