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Glass House Mountains is a hinterland town and locality of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. Colloquially it is often known simply as "Glasshouse". At the 2016 census, Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065.

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1 - Glass House Mountains QLD

Glass House Mountains is a hinterland town and locality of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. Colloquially it is often known simply as "Glasshouse". At the 2016 census, Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065.

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2 - Glass House Mountains National Park

   6 km away

Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park at Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1.

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3 - Australia Zoo

   7 km away

Australia Zoo is a 1,000-acre zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains.

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4 - Mount Beerwah

   7 km away

Mount Beerwah is the highest of the ten volcanic plugs in the Glass House Mountains range, 22 km north of Caboolture in South East Queensland, Australia. It was formed 26 million years ago during the Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Geologists estimate it may have been three times the height before it was eroded to a volcanic plug. Mount Beerwah has two peaks, the taller of which is 556 metres high. It is one of the most visually prominent mountains in south-east Queensland. The first European settlers to ascend the peak were Andrew Petrie with his son John Petrie. Its name comes from the Dungidau language words "birra, or "sky," and "wandum," "climbing up."

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5 - Glass House Mountains Lookout

   7 km away

D'Aguilar is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It contains the D'Aguilar Range and is located along the northwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area. The park is traversed by the winding scenic Mount Nebo Road and Mount Glorious Road.

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6 - Mount Ngungun

Mount Ngun Ngun is the sixth tallest of the Glass House Mountains at 253 m. It has a well maintained walking trail to the summit that affords good views. The trail from carpark is not as steep as the higher mountains and is open to beginners. The south face contains steeper, unmarked but well known rock climbing routes.

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7 - Golden Beach

   19 km away

Golden Beach is a coastal suburb of Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located within the Caloundra urban centre directly southwest of the Caloundra CBD. In the 2016 census, Golden Beach had a population of 5,575 people.

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8 - Caloundra QLD

   21 km away

Caloundra is a coastal town and the southernmost town in the Sunshine Coast Region in South East Queensland, Australia.

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9 - Blackall Range

   23 km away

The Blackall Range is a mountain range in South East Queensland, Australia. The first European explorer in the area was Ludwig Leichhardt. It was named after Samuel Blackall, the second Governor of Queensland. The Blackall Range dominates the hinterland area of the Sunshine Coast, west of Nambour. Maleny, Mapleton, Montville and Flaxton are the main settlements located on the range. The Stanley River rises from the southern slopes. Baroon Pocket Dam is a reservoir on Obi Obi Creek which drains the north west slopes of the range. Mary Cairncross Reserve marks the site of the first settler's house on the Blackall Range. Curramore Sanctuary, Mapleton Falls National Park and Kondalilla National Park are also located on the range. A number of lookouts on the range provide views towards the coast. One of these is located at Howells Knob, a mountain which rises 561 m above sea level. Timber resources in the area attracted timber-cutters in 1860s. The last logging on the range occurred in 1939.

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10 - Flaxton

   28 km away

Flaxton is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Flaxton had a population of 931 people.

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11 - Sunshine Coast

   30 km away

Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban area and the third most populated area in the Australian state of Queensland. Located 100 km north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin.

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12 - Sunshine Coast QLD

   30 km away

Sunshine Coast Stadium is a multi-sport venue located at Kawana Waters on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The stadium is the main venue in a sporting precinct that also includes seven fields.

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13 - Mooloolaba

   30 km away

Mooloolaba is a coastal suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located 97 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is part of the Maroochydore urban centre.

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14 - Mooloolaba Beach

   30 km away
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15 - Mudjimba Beach

   34 km away
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16 - Coolum Beach QLD

   43 km away

Coolum Beach is a beachside town and coastal suburb of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia and is also the name of the beach around which the town is based. In the 2016 census, Coolum Beach had a population of 8,497 people.

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