Hallo Johanna!!!
habe eben dein Bericht gelesen und ich kann nur sagen ich war nicht dort nur in der Nähe vorbei gefahren aber meine Freundin von Gympie hat mir schon so oft erzählt das sie dort oben war und das einmaliges Erlebnis war.
Sie war als Kind und als junge Frau dort an der Spitze und tut sich immer wieder gerne auf den Aufstieg erinnern weil es ganz tollen Ausblick von dort gibt. Grüss aus der Pfalz, Wombat 1996

Hallo Johanna,

ich wohne ganz in der Nähe der Glasshouse Mountains .... und ich finde es immer wieder faszinierend dort!

Das wundert mich allerdings, die mageren Auskünfte der Touristeninfo .... es gibt auch eine Geschichte/Märchen um diese Berge.

Den Mount Tibrogargan umrunden wir öfters mal .... der Weg auf den Mount Beerburrum ist schon anstrengend, weil es ständig bergauf geht, aber der Rundumblick dort ist einfach umwerfend.

Ich schick dir mal per PN einen Link .... da hat meine Schwester jede Menge Bilder von den Glasshouse Mountains drin - einschließlich Namen.

Schade, dass du schon wieder weg bist ..... aber herzlich willkommen hier im Forum!

viele Grüße Susanne

Original von Glass House Mountains
Hallo Susanne,
schöne Grüße nach Australien!
Der Glashous Berg, auf den wir gestiegen sind, ist der Nguwgun, wir waren mit der Bahn, auf dem Weg in die Unterwater Worl in Moolooloa (hoffentlich,richtig geschrieben) nicht nach Surfers Paradis, habe mich gestern vertan, als wir die Berge aus dem Zugfenster entdeckten.

Hast du den Link für die Bilder per e mail geschickt?
Mich würden die Geschichten um die Glasshouse Mountains, brennend interessieren.

Johanna

hallo Johanna, na ich wunderte mich schon, aber vielleicht habt ihr ja von Noosa bis zur Gold Coast im Zug gesessen ....

den Link hast du hier als PN erhalten .... musst mal unter Private Nachrichten gucken.

viele Grüße Susanne

hier eine kurze Einführung:
The Glasshouse Mountains are of great historical, cultural and geological significance. Standing just north of Caboolture these weird rock formations are like sentinels. They were named by Captain James Cook during his epic voyage up the east coast of Australia in 1770. Geologically they are massive hunks of trachyte left behind after the overlying softer rock was worn away by the forces of nature. Their names - Beerwah, Tibrogargan, Coonowrin, Tunbubudla, Beerburrum, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum and Coochin - reflect the Aboriginal culture surrounding the mountains.

.. und hier die Sage:
The Aboriginal Legend
The legend of the Glasshouse Mountains in Aboriginal told stories runs: Now Tibrogargan was the father of all the tribes and Beerwah was his wife, and they had many children.
Coonowrin, the eldest; the twins, Tunbubudla; Miketeebumulgrai; Elimbah whose shoulders were bent because she carried many cares; the little one called Round because she was so fat and small; and the one called Wild Horse since he always strayed away from the others to paddle out to sea. (Ngungun, Beerburrum and Coochin do not seem to be mentioned in the legend).

One day when Tibrogargan was gazing out to sea, he perceived a great rising of the waters. He knew then that there was to be a very great flood and he became worried for Beerwah, who had borne him many children and was again pregnant and would not be able to reach the safety of the mountains in the west without assistance.

So he called to his eldest son, Coonowrin, and told him of the flood which was coming and said, "Take your mother, Beerwah, to the safety of the mountains while I gather your brothers and sisters who are at play and I will bring them along."

When Tibrogargan looked back to see how Coonowrin was tending to his mother he was dismayed to see him running off alone. Now this was a spiritless thing for Coonowrin to do, and as he had shown himself to be a coward he was to be despised.

Tibrogargan became very angry and he picked up his nulla nulla and chased Coonowrin and cracked him over the head with a mighty blow with such force that it dislocated Coonowrin's neck, and he has never been able to straighten it since.

By and by, the floods subsided and, when the plains dried out the family was able to return to the place where they lived before. Then, when the other children saw Coonowrin they teased him and called "How did you get your wry neck - How did you get your wry neck?" and this made Coonowrin feel ashamed.

So Coonowrin went to Tibrogargan and asked for forgiveness, but the law of the tribe would not permit this. And he wept, for his son had disgraced him. Now the shame of this was very great and Tibrogargan's tears were many and, as they trickled down they formed a stream which wended its way to the sea.

So Coonowrin went then to his mother, Beerwah, but she also cried, and her tears became a stream and flowed away to the sea. Then, one by one, he went to his brothers and sisters, but they all cried at their brother's shame.

Then Tibrogargan called to Coonowrin and asked why he had deserted his mother and Coonowrin replied, "She is the biggest of us all and should be able to take care of herself." But Coonowrin did not know that his mother was again with child, which was the reason for her grossness. Then Tibrogargan put his son behind him and vowed he would never look at him again.

Even to this day Tibrogargan gazes far, far out to sea and never looks at Coonowrin. Coonowrin hangs his head in shame and cries, and his tears run off to the sea, and his mother, Beerwah, is still pregnant, for, you see, it takes many years to give birth to a mountain."



und hier einer der Ausblicke beim Tibrogargan-Rundweg: