Mount Cooroora from Mount Tinbeerwah, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia cover photo - 47294379

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Photo title: Mount Cooroora from Mount Tinbeerwah, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Author: Michelleplus3

Cover photo description:
Looking out over Mount Cooroora from the rhyolitic dome of Mt Tinbeerwah.The Sunshine Coast hinterland area is dominated by the Tertiary period (65 to two million years) volcanic remnants, including Mount Cooroora (the highest at 439m), which stands out from the surrounding country as a conical peak. The mountain is an isolated trachyte plug that forms a backdrop to the small country town of Pomona. Mount Cooroora has significant landscape, social and economic values to the local township and its vertical columns are an attraction to geologists

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