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Figure 21.2 The Seven Sisters are volcanic cones which can be seen from the road across the cane fields
Note: These are private property with no access for tourists. Some of the volcanic cones are used as orchards for olives (see insert) or have been
quarried in the past.

• Glasshouse Mountains (north of Brisbane); Central Queensland has extended areas of
• Warrumbungles (100km north of Dubbo near volcanic origin, including the Whitsunday
Coonabarabran); and Volcanic Province, Nebo volcano, Springsure,
• Canabolas (near Orange). Peak Range, Monto, Bauhinia, Buckland Volcanic
Province (Johnson et al, 1989), some of which are
The Cape Hillsborough National Park contains the part of national parks or other preserved sites
Cape Hillsborough volcanics – a diversity of such as Mt Scoria. The sharp peak of Mt Scoria
landforms which were created by volcanic activity rises 150m (Willmott, 2006; Queensland
and attract visitors with their geologic heritage. Government, 2008) above the otherwise flat
Rhyolite boulders, layers of lava and the volcanic landscape near the town of Biloela. One of the
plug ‘Pinnacle Rock’ are part of this national park in attractions of this small volcanic cone is the basalt
Central Queensland. In southern Queensland basalt columns which cover the mountain slopes. Mt
occurrences extend in an almost continuous line Scoria is not a scoria cone as the name suggests as
including Bundaberg (The Hummock), Bunya only small amounts of scoria are found
Mountains, Kingaroy and Toowoomba all the way to (Queensland Government, 2009a). In order to
the New South Wales border (Johnson, 2004, p170). stay safe around Mt Scoria the park management

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