Mount Superbus lies south-west of the centre of
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
,
Australia and is
South East Queensland
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's highest peak at .
At this elevation, it is the fifth-highest peak in
Queensland
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Mount Bartle Frere
Mount Bartle Frere (pronunciation mæɔnt̥ ˈbɐːɾəɫ ˈfɹɪə Ngajanji: Choorechillum) is the highest mountain in Queensland at an elevation of . The mountain was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, a British colonial administrator and ...
at ,
Mount Bellenden Ker
Mount Bellenden Ker is the second-highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, with a height of . It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns near Babinda, Queensland, Babinda, it is adj ...
at , Mount Fisher at and
Mount Carbine Tableland
The Mount Carbine Tableland is a plateau in Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, it lies in the Shire of Mareeba 15 km west of Mossman, and 1,460 km north-west of Brisbane, reaching an altitude of 1,38 ...
at , all in
Far North Queensland.
It has an extensive logging history dating back to the mid-19th century. Mount Superbus was originally covered in dense
hoop pine
''Araucaria cunninghamii'' is a species of '' Araucaria'' known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist ...
forests.
Red cedar and other valuable timbers were also heavily logged in the area. It is now part of the
Main Range National Park
The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Southern Downs Region, southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly k ...
.
The peak is a remnant of the Main Range
shield volcano which erupted between 25 and 22 million years ago.
On the southernmost peak just below the summit lies the wreck of a RAAF Lincoln bomber.
It crashed into the mountain in the early hours of
Easter
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Saturday morning on 9 April 1955, during a medical evacuation of a sick baby from
Townsville
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to Eagle Farm airfield in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
.
The crew of four
RAAF
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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personnel and the two passengers were all killed in this accident.
Most of the wreckage still lies near the summit and is a popular day walk for
bushwalkers
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The
Condamine River
The Condamine River, part of the Balonne River, Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 k ...
rises from a spring located on the western slopes of Mount Superbus. Teviot Brook, a major tributary of the
Logan River
The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in Sout ...
, has its headwaters on the eastern facing slopes of the mountain.
See also
*
List of mountains in Australia
This is a list of mountains in Australia.
Highest points by state and territory
List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ...
*
Wilsons Peak
Wilsons Peak ( Aboriginal: ''Jirramen'') is a mountain on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Much of which is covered in rainforest. It marks the intersection of the Great Dividing Range with the McPherson Range in the ...
References
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External links
AllTrails: Mount Superbus Trail
Superbus
Superbus (Latin for superb, proud, arrogant) may refer to:
* Superbus (band), a French pop-rock band formed in 1999
* 18596 Superbus, a Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1998
* Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (before 535 BC – 496 BC), th ...