McPherson Range
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| McPherson Range | |
| Range | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | Queensland, New South Wales |
| Highest point | Mount Barney |
| - elevation | 1,359 m (4,459 ft) |
The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline. It forms part of the Scenic Rim on the border between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. Towards the coast lies the Tweed Range and further west of the McPherson Range is the Main Range.
The ranges were first explored in 1828 by a party headed by Allan Cunningham and Patrick Logan while searching for a route to the Darling Downs from the newly established Moreton Bay penal colony.[1]
Wilson's Peak is considered to be the intersection of the Great Divide and the McPherson Range.[2] Another notable mountain in the range is Mount Lindesay.
The range is an area of significant scenic beauty and contains a multitude of National Parks, including Mount Barney National Park, Border Ranges National Park and Lamington National Park amongst others which possess World Heritage listing, as the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
The sub-tropical rainforest on the range has never been damaged by severe bushfires and contains more than 20 species of rock and tree orchids.[3]
The Stream Lily is a perennial plant found along creeks and gullies of the range. It has been suggested that the extinct fern species Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum may still exist in unsurveyed parts of the range.[citation needed]
The Brisbane-Sydney railway line and the Lions Road passes over the range at Richmond Gap, as does the Mount Lindesay Highway and the Nerang-Murwillumbah Road.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, Beryl (1991). Stories of the Southside. Archerfield, Queensland: Aussie Books, 42. ISBN 094733601X.
- ^ Rankin, Robert. (1992) Secrets of the Scenic Rim. Rankin Publishers ISBN 0-9592418-3-3
- ^ Smith, Robin; Osmar White (1970). The Beauty of Australia. Hawthorne, Victoria: Lloyd O'Neil, 43. ISBN 085550000.
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