Bank Holiday weekend here in the uk

Bank Holiday weekend here in the uk

We  have had a long weekend here in the uk so its now back to photo stuff and we are heading back to march when i was in Australia this is one of my first attempts at a HDR pano its 49 separate images blended and then stitched and cropped 

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View of the Glasshouse mountains taken from 

Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve

Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve comprises 55 hectares of subtropical rainforest, overlooking the Glass House Mountains National Landscape. A remnant of the rainforests that once covered the Blackall Range, the Reserve is a living museum of diverse plant and animal life which will delight with its tranquility and beauty. — at Mary Cairncross Park

Obviously the Glass House Mountains are the main feature and attraction of this area for both visitors and locals.

They are a series of 14 (although some would say both Round Mountain and Mount Mellum are not included in the Glass House Mountains) trachyte and rhyolite volcanic plugs which stick up out of the surrounding flat plain.

They range in height from 123m to 556m, so you couldn't call any of them huge but they definitely stand out with some of them pretty impressive up close, especially Tibrogargan, Beerwah and Coonowrin.

The Glass House Mountains were named by Lieutenant James Cook (later to become Captain James Cook) in 1770 as they reminded him of glass factory furnace stacks or Glasshouses back in Yorkshire, England (see picture on right of an English glasshouse.