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 beautiful natural 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 an old rock fault which did erupt in Australia's very early day
local Aboriginal legend of Dreamtime has it about Beerwah, the mother
her son Coonowrin, Glasshouse peaks, used to throw fire sticks 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 could'nt take the "living hell", that had to be endured, every 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 trade had gone, didn't last

Others grew slowly into resilient, sleepy holiday places 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, climate superb, a place well worth visiting again