RHH's photos with the keyword: glasshouse mountains

Mount Tibrogargan is one of the Glasshouse Mountains and one of the tallest at 364 meters. This photo was taken from the Bruce Highway as we went past in the evening headed home after a day of hiking and exploring. We did not climb Tibrogargan, but did do Mount Ngunngun.

This Skink was photographed on Mount Ngunngun, one of the Glasshouse Mountains. I believe it is a Wall Skink, but am not certain of the ID. If anyone knows better, please let me know.

These are the flower heads of the Hairpin Banksia, Banksia spinulosa, a shrub of eastern Australia. We had wanted to see some of the Banksias when in Australia and this one was in flower in numerous places in eastern Australia, in this case on the slopes of Mount Ngunngun, one of the Glasshouse Mountains.

These are two of the Glasshouse Mountains north of Brisbane, Mount Coonowrin and Mount Beerwah, photographed from the summit of Mount Ngunngun. The glasshouse Mountains were so named by Captain Cook and are old volcanic plugs. We had hiked Mount Ngunngun, another of these mountains when this photo was taken by my wife. She knows, I think, the rule of thirds and knows that it is not always effective to center one's subject, but in this case broke both rules successfully, or so I thought.

This is the Hairpin Banksia, Banksia spinulosa, a native Australian shrub with the most amazing flowers. We saw these on Mount Ngungun, one of the Glasshouse Mountains, when hiking there several days ago. The genus is named for Sir Joseph Banks, the naturalist on Captain Cook's first voyage.

These are two of the Glasshouse Mountains north of Brisbane, Australia, so named by Captain Cook who fancied a resemblance to the glasshouses he had known in England (he had been away for a very long time, and that perhaps explains the fact that he gave them this name). Each of the individual peaks has a native Australian name, in this case Mount Coonowrin, the nearest of the two and Mount Beerwah, the further peak. We climbed a third peak yesterday, June 20th, and this photo was taken from that peak, named Mount Ngun Ngun. All of the Glasshouse Mountains are volcanic plugs whose surroundings have eroded away.