View from Mount Ngungun #4
by Cassandra Buckley
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View from Mount Ngungun #4
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Cassandra Buckley
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Photograph - Photograph
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Glasshouse mountains Tibrogargan and Coonowrin can be seen from Ngungun. Beerwah, Queensland, Australia.
'The legend tells how Tibrogargan and Beerwah had a number of children of whom Coonowrin (377 m - the narrowest of the volcanic plugs) was the eldest; Tunbubudla (tunba means 'mountains' and budla means 'two') were the twins (293 m and 312 m); and the other children were Coochin (235 m), Ngungun (253 m), Tibberoowuccum (220 m) (chibur meaning 'sugar glider' and waiarangum meaning 'hungry'), Miketeebumulgrai (199 m) and Elimbah (129 m).
One day Tibrogargan noticed that the sea was rising and called out to Coonowrin to help his pregnant mother to gather the children together so the family could flee to the mountains.
Instead of helping his mother, Coonowrin ran away in fear. Tibrogargan, outraged by his son's apparent cowardice, chased him and hit him so hard with a club that he dislocated his neck.
When the seas retreated the family returned to the coast. Conowrin, ashamed of his cowardly behaviour, went to Tibrogargan and asked for forgiveness but his father wept with shame. He went to his brothers and sisters to ask for their forgiveness and they also weep with shame. This is why the area has so many small streams.
Tibrogargan then asked Conowrin why he had not helped Beerwah. He explained that he did not know she was pregnant. Tibrogargan turned his back on his son in shame. Today Tibrogargan still refuses to look at his son and Beerwah is still pregnant because it takes a long time to give birth to a mountain.' story copied from website: http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/glass-house-mountains-qld
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September 13th, 2018
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