The Scenic Rim is a group of mountain ranges of the Great Dividing Range in South East Queensland. These ranges include the Little Liverpool Range, Main Range, Mistake Ranges, McPherson Range, Teviot Range and the Tweed Range.[citation needed] Valleys of the Scenic Rim includes Laidley Creek, Christmas Creek, Lockyer Valley, Fassifern Valley, Numinbah Valley, the Albert River, Logan River, Coomera River and the Bremer River.
The mountainous landscape forms a quarter circle ridge positioned roughly from south of Toowoomba around to Springbrook. Tamborine Mountain, Lever's Plateau in New South Wales and the Lamington Plateau are part of the rim formation.[1] Much of the scenic rim is considered part of the Gold Coast hinterland and originates from the Tweed Volcano.
Parts of the rim are well developed, crossed by highways with facilities for tourists like Cunningham's Gap, others are privately owned agricultural properties and rural residencies such as Beechmont and Tamborine Mountain. Most areas are isolated and protected in national parks, including Main Range National Park, Moogerah Peaks National Park, Lamington National Park, Border Ranges National Park, Mount Barney National Park and Springbrook National Park.
Tourism
There are many recreational activities for day-trippers, rockclimbers, hikers and nature lovers on the ranges. The concept of the Scenic Rim was first described by Arthur Groom and Romeo Lahey in the 1920s.[2] They were campaigning for the protection of the forests from Main Range to the Lamington Plateau. At about the same time the Binna Burra lodge and O'Reilly's Guesthouse were established as the popularity of the area grew with tourists.
See also
References
- ^ Rankin, Robert. (1992) Secrets of the Scenic Rim. Rankin Publishers ISBN 0-9592418-3-3
- ^ Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 18. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
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