Glass House Mountains is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 70 km northeast of Brisbane. It consists of a flat plain interspersed with volcanic plugs, the cores of extinct volcanoes that were formed more than 26 million years ago.

The Glass House Mountains were named by James Cook as he sailed up the coast of Queensland in 1770 on board HM Bark Endeavour. He called them this as their shape reminded him of the huge glass furnaces back home in Yorkshire.

Mt Beerwah is the highest of these peaks at 555 metres . Mt Coonowrin 377 metres is the second highest and presently illegal to climb by Queensland government regulations due to instability, Mt Tibrogargan 364 metres is the third highest.

Mt. Beerwah was World Heritage listed in 2006. Both Mt Beerwah and Mt Tibrogargan can be climbed however they are very steep and should only be tackled by experienced climbers.

Aboriginal legend states the mountains are members of a family with the father being Mount Tibrogargan and the mother Mount Beerwah. The other mountains are sons and daughters.
 

Tibrogargan, the father, sees that the sea is rising and asks that Conowrin the eldest son help their mother, who is pregnant, to safety. Frightened, Coonowrin runs away instead. Angry, Tibrogargan pursues him and hits him so hard that he breaks Coonowrin’s neck.

Later, when danger has passed Coonowrin feels tremendous guilt and asks his father, brothers and sisters for forgiveness but they are ashamed and weep. This is said to explain the many small streams that flow through the area. Tibrogargan turned his back on Coonowrin and gazes out to sea refusing to look at his son. Coonowrin hangs his head in shame and cries