Kiels Mountain, Queensland

Kiels Mountain is a suburb of Woombye, Queensland, Australia about 100 kilometres north of Brisbane. At the summit of Kiels Mountain is Avatar's Abode, a 99-acre (400,000 m²) spiritual retreat dedicated to Meher Baba (1894-1969) who stayed there in 1958. Avatar's Abode is the oldest and longest-running Eastern retreat in Queensland. A large private school, Suncoast Christian College, and its associated Christian Outreach Centre is located by the juncture of the Kiels Mountain road and the old Bruce Highway. Australian evangelist Pastor Peter Foxhall lived with his family on an abandoned pineapple farm on Kentish Road, Kiels Mountain for some years.

The mountain is named after Henry August Keil (correct spelling) who settled on the eastern slopes in 1880. Henry (Heinrich) Keil was the son of one of the early Lutheran missionary/ settlers of Brisbane. The Keils were prominent Salvationists during the early growth of the Salvation Army on the Sunshine Coast, and were known for their charity to the local Aborigines.^{[citation needed]}

Kiels Mountain school was built on land near the corner of Preston and Diddillibah Roads, between Woombye and Diddillibah. It opened on 23 September 1918 and closed on 15 April 1962.

On 7 December 2003, 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe disappeared while waiting for a bus on the Bruce Highway near the Kiel Mountain Road overpass. An arrest was made in August 2011 in connection with his death. His remains were discovered near Glass House Mountains.

References

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Buderim Hinterland Localities

Coordinates: 26°39′26″S 153°00′24″E / 26.65722°S 153.00667°E / -26.65722; 153.00667