The Glass House Mountains in Australia are a group of strange landforms, remnants of volcanoes that erupted 25 million years ago. These rock masses are visible from the sea and reflect the sun like the panes of a greenhouse, which is why Captain Cook named them the Glass Houses. Much of the land around the peaks has been designated a national park. There are hiking trails of varying difficulty through it, passing through eucalyptus forests, plantations, low-lying resinous trees, coastal wet forest, heathland, tea trees and casuarina groves.

Animals include koalas, grey kangaroos and varani lizards, while birds include falcons, Australian sparrows, cockatoos and other species of parrots. There are observation posts from where the view of the striped cheetah-like landscape is spectacular. Some areas in the area are sacred to the local gubi-gubi tribe, so access to them is forbidden. The best time to visit is from spring to autumn, and the nearest town is Kabulter, 20 km away.

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