This blog continues my record of climbs up some of the volcanic peaks on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. This one relates to Mount Maroon, a part of the Focal Point volcano in the south of Queensland. This peak lies about 120kms (or a 1 hour 45 minutes drive) south south west of Continue Reading
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Mount Superbus, Queensland
Mount Superbus is the highest point in SE Queensland, of the Main Range National Park and of the Main Range Shield Volcano, a volcano that last erupted around 22 million years ago. It lies around 99 kilometres south west of Brisbane. Looking at it, you would not realise that it is the Continue Reading
Tenison Woods Mountain, Mount Mumdjin and Bithongabel
This and the next few blogs will be about my recent trip to Australia and experiences with, largely, ascents in rainforest conditions. This first blog covers the first three mountains – Tenison Woods Mountain (770m), Mount Mumdjin (1021m) and Bithongabel (1195m). Tenison Woods Continue Reading
The Alternative Volcanic Seven Summits
Back in October 2019 I wrote a blog that discussed whether a volcano in Australia ought to replace Mount Giluwe for the purposes of the list of the Volcanic Seven Summits. This was based on use of the principles behind the Bass version of the Seven Summits. In other words, the landmass Continue Reading