Why is it called tamborine mountain

Another secret eating spot, requiring a little local knowledge, is Birchgrove Nursery. Your email address will not be published. Scout Magazine. The plateau originated from the Mount Warning volcanic eruption 22 million years ago and is part of the Scenic Rim Regional Shire. The plateau looks down on the surrounding lowlands, to the Gold Coast and Pacific Ocean to the east and all the way to the Great Dividing Range to the west.

The Gold Coast view is breathtaking by day, but by night the panorama of lights is even more stunning. Tamborine Mountain was the home of the Wangerriburra aborigines tens of thousands of years before white settlement. It was completely covered by subtropical rainforest, which was cleared at a rapid pace for agriculture and timber production after it was opened for selection in Fortunately in efforts were made to protect the natural beauty of the mountain and the very first National Park was created in Queensland — Witches Falls National Park.

Most areas have well defined and easy to negotiate bush walking tracks right through the rainforest. Queensland is known as the Sunshine State of Australia. On Tamborine Mountain you can enjoy abundant sunshine with less heat and humidity that more northerly parts of Queensland sometimes have to endure. The climate is subtropical, with the annual rainfall of about mm falling mainly between December and March. The spelling appears on early records as Jambreen , Tchambreem , and even Goombireen, but is recognised now as Tamborine.

Tamborine was eaten by Yugambeh people as a thirst quencher. It was one of the fresh foods traded to the settlers for cooking and jam-making. Despite its sour taste, children relished the fruits and preferred to eat them with salt. Wonglepong is another name for Tamborine Mountain. Piccabeen fronds made excellent baskets for carrying water, food or honey.

The lawyer-cane vine, also known as wait-a-while, was used for basket-making after the spikes had been removed. Yugambeh people still walk the land of their ancestors, telling stories and reminding visitors that this land is our shared heritage. An annual pilgrimage, the Drumley Walk, takes bushwalkers from Beaudesert to Southport via Tamborine, through scenic rainforests, rolling plains and open woodlands.

The walk, in honour of Billy Drumley, an Aboriginal ancestor from the Yugambeh region, encourages a better understanding of our environment and First Nations peoples' heritage. Page feedback. For feedback not relating to this website's content or functionality please use our feedback and enquiries form.

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Autoplay Pause slideshow. About Nature, culture and history. Nature, culture and history. Buttress roots and palm groves are features of the rainforest of Tamborine National Park. Open eucalypt forest at Cedar Creek.

Piccabeen palms growing beside the creek in Joalah section. Red-legged pademelon. Land mullet. It was sometimes spelt as "tchambreem" and "jambreen". The View One of the main reasons for visiting Tamborine Mountain is to marvel at the remarkable and unique views of the Gold Coast. Perched some metres above the hinterland, and with only low rolling hills below, it has superb views of the vast, high rise buildings of Surfers Paradise and Southport which look like the jagged teeth of a saw as they sit just below the horizon on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

This is one of those rare views. It places the high rise development of the Gold Coast in a larger context and, as such, is unforgettable. Whether you admire or are horrified by the development depends on your personal perspective. Its commercialism is a comment on the tourism of Mount Tamborine. A row of shops offer homemade crafts, soaps, organic produce, fudge, Australian bushcraft, natural produce, clothing shops and galleries.

Visitors can enjoy everything from boutique coffee to Devonshire tea, cakes, snacks and elegant dining in the bars, restaurants and cafes which line the street. Tamborine National Park Tamborine National Park, which has been expanding since Witches Falls was declared parkland in , covers ha on Tamborine Plateau and around its foothills. The plateau is 8 km long, 5 km wide, rises to an altitude of metres and was formed some 23 million years ago.

The remnants of its volcanic activity include basalt columns, cliffs and rocky outcrops. The area has 14 separate reserves. There are a number of beautiful picnic areas as well as scenic drives and many bushwalks to lookouts, gorges, cliffs, waterfalls and through rainforest areas, wet eucalypt forest, open forest and woodlands. Wildlife in the park includes the rare Albert's lyrebird, Australian brush turkeys, lorikeets, whip birds, pademelons, the wonderfully named noisy pitta and bower birds.

All have picnic facilities and walking tracks. Most have toilets and barbecues. There is a useful, downloadable map of the seven separate sections which make up the Tamborine National Park.