Mount Superbus
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Mount Superbus lies 150 km (93 mi) south-west of Brisbane and is South East Queensland's highest peak at 1375 metres (4500 feet).[1] It has an extensive logging history dating back to the mid 1800s. And was originally covered in dense hoop pine forests. Red cedar and other valuable timbers were also heavily logged in the area. It is now part of the Main Range National Park.
On the southern most peak just below the summit lies the wreck of a WW II Lincoln bomber. It crashed into the mountain in the early hours of Easter Saturday morning on 9 April 1955, during a medical evacuation of a sick baby from Townsville to Eagle Farm airfield in Brisbane. The crew of four RAAF personnel and the two passengers were all killed in this tragic accident. Most of the wreckage still lies near the summit and is a popular day walk for bushwalkers.
The Condamine River rises from a spring located on the western slopes of Mount Superbus.
[edit] References
- ^ Main Range National Park. The State of Queensland (Environmental Protection Agency) (2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
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