Dreamtime mythology
The mountains are the subjects of several Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal tales and Coonowrin is said to be the son of Tibrogargan and Mount Beerwah, Beerwah. During a violent storm, Tibrogargan commanded his son Coonowrin to take his mother Beerwah and his siblings and help them move to safety. Being scared of the storm, Coonowrin instead ran off and when his father found him he hit him on the back of the head, resulting in Coonowrin's crooked neck. Tibrogargan was so ashamed of his son's cowardice that to this day he sits with his back to Coonowrin.Climbing
Coonowrin has been the site of a great amount of climbing historically. However, the mountain was permanently closed to public access in March 1999 due to the high risk of rock falls that had previously killed and injured climbers. During the 1999 geological survey of the mountain, questions were raised about the general slope stability on the north and west faces, and about individual block stability on the east and south faces. A local woman climber was injured on the mountain after a fall sustained while descending from the summit on the south face with a male and female companion on the morning of 5 May 2013.Kate Clifford (5 May 2013)See also
* List of mountains in Australia * List of volcanoes in AustraliaReferences
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