The Glass House Mountains

Mt Coonowrin

We packed up and headed north again via the Glass House Mountains - 16 volcanic crags. We drove to the Lookout. The skies were clear and we had great views of the peaks and distant beaches. We did the 800m circuit walk through the open scribbly gum forests. We then drove up to Mt Beerwah (556m) the highest and the "mother" according to Dreamtime mythology. We continued on the Old Gympie Road where we had great views of Mt Coonowrin (Crookneck). We headed up into the Blackall Ranges and stopped at Montville (after finally finding a park for the van). We felt like we were in The Dandenongs - there was even an antique clock emporium aswell as lots of cafes, gift shops, candy stores etc. We had some lunch and a had a stroll down the street. We felt it was a bit late to do the drive to Harvey Bay so we decided to go a little way up the road to Cooroy and camp in Carl's backyard.