:Tamborine Mountain

{{About|the plateau and locality in Queensland, Australia|the rural town below the mountain|Tamborine, Queensland|the 1995 Rick Price album|Tamborine Mountain (album)}}

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Tamborine Mountain, also simply known as Mount Tamborine, is a plateau, geographic subregion{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Region & Suburbs: About the Tamborine Mountain Region |url=https://visittamborinemountain.com.au/tamborine-mountain-information-region/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Visit Tamborine Mountain |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915035846/https://visittamborinemountain.com.au/tamborine-mountain-information-region/ |url-status=live }} and locality in the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|33236|Tamborine Mountain|plateau in the Scenic Rim Region|access-date=3 March 2022}}{{cite QPN|48962|Tamborine Mountain|locality in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=13 February 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tamborine Mountain had a population of 8,105 people.

Geography

The plateau is a {{convert|28|km2|abbr=on}}, {{convert|8 by 4|km}}. The name is from the Yugumbir language of the Wangerriburra Clan, a from Jambireen meaning wild lime tree, or dum/gom bireen meaning yam in a cliff.

There are three towns on the plateau: North Tamborine, Eagle Heights and Mount Tamborine, with a total population of about 5,100.{{cite web |title=Tamborine Mountain |url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/regioninfo/tamborinemtn.shtml;jsessionid=CD55E1FF5A1DAF3EDB55E0023F748FF4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006051804/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/regioninfo/tamborinemtn.shtml;jsessionid=CD55E1FF5A1DAF3EDB55E0023F748FF4 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |access-date=27 June 2011 |publisher=Scenic Rim Regional Council |df=dmy-all}} The plateau is classified as a rural area, with zoning restrictions that prohibit property from being subdivided. There is no reticulated water supply or sewerage system, and residents are dependent on rainwater, bores and septic systems. Many residents commute to work on the Gold Coast or in Brisbane.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The Tamborine Mountain road network enables access to the plateau from four points in the surrounding lowlands, providing alternatives in case of flooding, other natural disasters, or planned maintenance works.

= Geology =

The geological origin of the plateau is a lava flow from the Mount Warning volcanic eruption 22 million years ago. Tamborine Mountain rises at the start of the north-east section of the Scenic Rim, the name given to a group of mountains in South East Queensland.

=Important Bird Area =

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Parts of the plateau and surrounding foothills encompassing the wet subtropical rainforest habitats below the largely cleared plateau summit, and above the surrounding eucalypt forests, have been identified as a {{convert|38|km2|abbr=on}} Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. It includes the southern fragments of the Tamborine National Park. The IBA supports an isolated northern population of Albert's lyrebirds, as well as pale-yellow robins, green catbirds, regent bowerbirds and Australian logrunners.{{cite web |title=IBA: Tamborine Mountain |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 |access-date=29 October 2011 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |df=dmy-all}} Additional significant birds recorded from the site are glossy black cockatoos, sooty owls, marbled frogmouths and noisy pittas. Other animals present in the IBA include platypuses, short-beaked echidnas and Richmond birdwings.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tamborine Mountain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/|date=10 July 2007}} on 30 October 2011.

=Roads =

{{main|Tamborine Mountain road network}}

A group of roads provides access to the mountain community from various lowland localities. These roads ensure continuity of access in times of flooding or other natural disasters, and during planned maintenance activities.

History

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Tamborine Mountain was inhabited by Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years and, at the time of early British colonisation, it was in territory of the Wanggeriburra clan of the Yugambeh people. The origin of the name Tamborine comes from the anglicised version of the word Jambreen from the Yugambeh language. The spelling also appears on early records as Tchambreem, Tamboreen and even Goombireen,{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/tamborine/culture.html |title=Tamborine National Park: Nature, culture and history |date=2 December 2010 |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |access-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413173251/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/tamborine/culture.html |archive-date=13 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }} meaning "place of yams", and refers only to a specific vicinity within the modern day settlement of Tamborine. The actual mountain had a different name which appears to have not been recorded.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36999448 |title=Letters to the Editor |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=971 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 October 1936 |accessdate=22 July 2023 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite book |last1=Bleakley |first1=J.W. |title=Annual Report of the Chief Protector of the Aboriginals for the year 1913 |date=1914 |publisher=Cumming |location=Brisbane |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/docs/digitised_collections/remove/63892.pdf |access-date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325224857/https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/docs/digitised_collections/remove/63892.pdf |url-status=live }}

By the late 1850s, most of the Wanggeriburra had left the region. {{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Harry |title=Pioneering, the life of the Hon. R. M. Collins |date=1923 |publisher=Watson Ferguson |location=Brisbane}}

Prior to British settlement, the mountain was covered with a diverse range of forest types. Unlike the lower land surrounding the mountain, the thick scrub on the mountain was seen as a barrier to settlement so the mountain was not opened for selection until 1875.{{cite news|date=18 September 1875|title=Logan and Albert.|volume=X|page=6|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=5|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18337934|access-date=27 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18337934|url-status=live}} However, the selectors were living in the surrounding area and being within {{Convert|15|miles||abbr=}} of their selections were exempt from the requirements to live on their selections. Most did not develop the land and sold it once they were granted freehold.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, page 1 In 1878 the first selectors settled on the mountain blocks: John O'Callaghan (deputising for William Walsh) and his nephew, E.H. O'Callaghan.{{cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |page=14 }} By 1886 most of the mountain had been selected but electoral rolls and church records suggest very few people were living on the mountain.

On 30 January 1893, auctioneers Arthur Martin & Co offered 128 blocks of land, mostly {{Convert|2|acre||abbr=|adj=on}} lots, in the St Bernard Estate, bounded by Alpine Terrace to the north and to the south by Power Parade, St Bernard Street and Siganto Street.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=St. Bernard Estate Tambourine Mountain |type=Map |date=1893 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/18534}} The lots were described as suitable for gentlemen's residences with "scenery unsurpassed in Australia" and for the shooter "turkeys, pigeons, wallabies and kangaroos abound".{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3554982|title=Classified Advertising|date=30 January 1893|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=29 October 2019|issue=10,934|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XLIX|page=8|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133506/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3554982|url-status=live}}

Tambourine Mountain Provisional School opened in February 1893 in a small cottage provided by William Geissman.{{cite news|date=20 January 1893|title=Tambourine Mountain.|volume=XXXV|page=24|newspaper=The Week|issue=891|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183110695|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 July 2021|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133504/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183110695|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=12 May 1893|title=Arbor Day.|volume=XXXV|page=18|newspaper=The Week|issue=907|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183114455|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 July 2021|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183114455|url-status=live}} On 2 February 1900 it became Tambourine Mountain State School, later adopting the spelling Tamborine Mountain State School.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-03|title=History|url=https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Tamborine Mountain State School|language=en|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712014653/https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=History |url=https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Tamborine Mountain State School |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712014653/https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |url-status=live }}

Much clearing for agriculture took place, though efforts were made to protect the natural values of the area, with Witches Falls National Park (now part of the Tamborine National Park) being declared in 1908, the first in Queensland. The Tamborine National Park is made up of 12 separate sections of land, mainly remnant rainforest, on the plateau and surrounding foothills. A tourist road to the mountain was opened in 1924.

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St Bernard State School opened on 27 January 1914.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

On 30 May 1926, a United Protestant Church was opened in Eagle Heights Road on land donated by Mrs SA Jenyns. It was built by Mr V Anderson. It was available for use by all Protestant denominations but legally owned by the Presbyterian Church. The church continued to be used in that way until the late 1960s. It was purchased by May and Henry Bishopp in 1982 and donated to the Tamborine Mountain Historical Society, who relocated the church to their Tamborine Mountain Heritage Centre at 53 Wongawallan Road ({{Coord|-27.9208|153.2047|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=United Protestant Church (relocated)}}).1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 2, 5, 9

In 1927, a branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association was established.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, page 7

In 1930 land was purchased at 2–4 Geissmann Street on the corner with Main Street ({{Coord|-27.9238|153.1853|type:landmark_region:AU_QLD|display=|name=Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church (former)}}) as a site for a Presbyterian church. A stump capping ceremony was held on 31 January 1931. The Mount Tamborine Presbyterian Church church officially opened on Saturday on 20 June 1931. The total cost of the land and the building was £450.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 8 The manse was located at 29 Griffith Street.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 26 By 1972 the growing congregation was too large for the church and so it was decided to purchase a {{Convert|1|acre||abbr=|adj=on}} nearby site at 34–36 Main Street ({{Coord|-27.9242|153.1854|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church}}). The United Protestant Church was closed in March 1972 and sold for $10,000 to Mr E Tannock to fund the new church with the bell and its tower being removed to incorporate into the new church. The manse in Griffith Street was also sold to raise funds. The new church was consecrated on 3 May 1975 by Reverend Colin Kay.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 53, 55, 84–85 A hall was erected at the rear of the new church in 1980.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 76 The church on Geissmann Street was sold to fund a new manse.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 84 The congregation continued to grow and the church building was extended to double its size and add other amenities. The extended church was officially opened on 14 November 2010.1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church, pp 78–79

On 25 September 1990, 11 people were killed and 38 injured when a bus overturned and rolled down a slope on Henri Robert Drive. Most were senior citizens from a social club in Newcastle, New South Wales.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122313156|title=11 pensioners die, 42 hurt in bus crash|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=26 September 1990|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133504/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122313156|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://trid.trb.org/view/1200113|title=Study of injury mechanisms of the Mt Tamborine coach crash, September 25, 1990: TRID record|date=January 1991|publisher=Transportation Research Board|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133507/https://trid.trb.org/view/1200113|url-status=live}} A coronial inquest did not support the laying of criminal charges in relation to the incident.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122372924|title=Charges should not be laid over crash: coroner|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=24 July 1991|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303133505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122372924|url-status=live}}

Tamborine Mountain College opened in 1995.

The Tamborine Mountain Campus of Helensvale State High School opened in 1999 with approximately 150 students in Years 8 and 9. It became Tamborine Mountain State High School in January 2001.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=Our school |url=https://tamborinemtnshs.eq.edu.au/our-school |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Tamborine Mountain State High School |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308041259/https://tamborinemtnshs.eq.edu.au/our-school |url-status=live }}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Tamborine Mountain had a population of 7,506 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32758|name=Tamborine Mountain (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tamborine Mountain had a population of 8,105 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32732|name=Tamborine Mountain (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

Tamborine Mountain has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Tamborine Mountain Road, accessed from Geissmann Drive{{cite QHR|19488|Tamborine Mountain Road/Geissmann Drive|602365|access-date = 12 July 2013}}
  • former Presbyterian Church, 2–4 Geissmann Street (corner of Main Street){{cite web|title=Local Heritage Register|url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/documents/717563/41748830/Scenic%20Rim%20Local%20Heritage%20Register.pdf|publisher=Scenic Rim Regional Council|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094854/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/documents/717563/41748830/Scenic%20Rim%20Local%20Heritage%20Register.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}
  • former Mountain Crest Guesthouse, 6–8 Main Street
  • Zamia Theatre, 22 Main Street
  • Tamborine Showgrounds and Hall, 386–398 Main Western Road

Education

Tamborine Mountain State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 104-118 Curtis Road ({{coord|-27.9308|153.2002|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Tamborine Mountain State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Tamborine Mountain State School |url=https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715102813/https://tamborinemountainss.eq.edu.au/ }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 581 students with 47 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (18 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=live }} It includes a special education program.{{cite web |title=Tamborine Mountain SS - Special Education Program |url=https://www.tambmounss.eq.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127144838/http://tambmounss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}

St Bernard State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1-19 School Road ({{coord|-27.9704|153.1982|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Bernard State School}}).{{cite web |title=St Bernard State School |url=https://stbernardss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=13 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313064906/https://stbernardss.eq.edu.au/ }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 238 students with 22 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Tamborine Mountain College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 80 Beacon Road ({{coord|-27.9272|153.1763|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Tamborine Mountain College}}).{{cite web |title=Tamborine Mountain College |url=https://www.tmc.qld.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126162625/https://tmc.qld.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 462 students with 36 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=live }}

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Tamborine Mountain State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 67-87 Holt Road ({{coord|-27.9328|153.1900|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Tamborine Mountain State High School}}).{{cite web |title=Tamborine Mountain State High School |url=https://tamborinemtnshs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712015454/https://tamborinemtnshs.eq.edu.au/ }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 936 students with 81 teachers (68 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (31 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Amenities

The Scenic Rim Regional Council operates a public library on the corner of Main Street and Yuulong Road.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/locations-and-membership|title=Locations and Membership|website=Scenic Rim Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130211644/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/locations-and-membership|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2018}}

Attractions

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Rotary Lookout is on the western boundary of the locality, opposite 154-172 Main Western Road ({{coord|-27.94|153.1797|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Rotary Lookout}}).{{cite QPN|49653|Rotary Lookout|lookout in Scenic Rim Regional|access-date=29 December 2020}}{{Cite QPN|49653|Rotary Lookout|lookout in the Scenic Rim Region|access-date=5 April 2021}}File:Cedar Creek Falls in Tamborine National Park.jpg

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Tamborine Mountain attracts many tourists to "Gallery Walk" along Long Road, a street devoted to art galleries, cafes and souvenir shops. Other tourism-heavy areas include Main Street, two one-way roads with cafes, library, fuel, hardware stores, newsagent, the Zamia Theatre, various other shops, and the Tamborine Showground Markets, held every second Sunday of the month. A shopping centre including a SupaIGA supermarket was opened in 2011, and expansion plans were lodged in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Plans Afoot for TM Village Square Extension |url=https://www.scenicnews.com.au/archive-news/PLANS-AFOOT-FOR-TM-VILLAGE-SQUARE-EXTENSION |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Scenic News }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Glow-Worm Caves are a man-made attraction which opened to visitors in March 2006.[http://www.cedarcreekestate.com.au/glow-worm-caves.html?/index.html Glow Worm Caves – Cedar Creek Estate Winery & Vineyard, Mount Tamborine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719010256/http://www.cedarcreekestate.com.au/glow-worm-caves.html?%2Findex.html|date=19 July 2011}}. Retrieved on 20 July 2011. They are located in one of the many wineries on the mountain. There are several fine dining locations.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-15 |title=Taste the Restaurants, Cafes, Wineries & Distilleries - Visit Tamborine Mountain |url=https://visittamborinemountain.com.au/restaurants-cafes-wineries-breweries-and-distilleries-tamborine-mountain/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=visittamborinemountain.com.au |language=en-AU}}

Tamborine Mountain is well known for walking tracks winding through rainforest regions and occasionally past cliffs or waterfalls. The most well-known ones are the Curtis Falls rainforest track and the Knoll. The Palm Grove walk is a 30-minute downhill trek to a massive fallen fig tree (blown down by storms in 2013) through a vast skyline filled with {{convert|30|m|adj=on}} tall palms. The track passes mountain streams, a waterfall and wildlife. The Botanic Gardens are found in Eagle Heights.{{Cite web |last=Daniela |date=2018-12-23 |title=Botanic Gardens |url=https://experiencetamborinemountain.com.au/botanic-gardens/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Experience Tamborine Mountain |language=en-AU}}

Climate

The climate is a subtropical highland climate (Cfb, according to the Köppen climate classification), with the annual rainfall of about 1,550 mm falling mainly between December and March. Temperatures vary between maxima of 17 °C in winter and 25 °C in summer, and are usually 5 °C to 7 °C degrees cooler than the surrounding lowlands. Winters are usually dry and sunny, with cool maximum temperatures; however, the temperature rarely drops below freezing due to the thick forest cover.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} With its fertile red volcanic soil and high rainfall, the plateau produces rich crops of avocados, kiwifruit, passionfruit, rhubarb, apples and mangoes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} The Mountain receives an average of 102.9 clear days, annually.


{{Weather box

| location = Mt Tamborine

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 35.7

| Feb record high C = 35.3

| Mar record high C = 34.9

| Apr record high C = 31.4

| May record high C = 27.4

| Jun record high C = 26.6

| Jul record high C = 25.4

| Aug record high C = 24.9

| Sep record high C = 29.6

| Oct record high C = 35.8

| Nov record high C = 37.8

| Dec record high C = 37.8

| year record high C = 37.8

| Jan high C = 25.7

| Feb high C = 25.3

| Mar high C = 24.4

| Apr high C = 22.6

| May high C = 19.8

| Jun high C = 17.7

| Jul high C = 17.1

| Aug high C = 18.3

| Sep high C = 20.3

| Oct high C = 22.6

| Nov high C = 24.6

| Dec high C = 25.9

| year high C = 22.0

| Jan low C = 17.1

| Feb low C = 17.3

| Mar low C = 16.4

| Apr low C = 14.0

| May low C = 11.2

| Jun low C = 9.1

| Jul low C = 8.0

| Aug low C = 8.6

| Sep low C = 10.4

| Oct low C = 12.8

| Nov low C = 14.8

| Dec low C = 16.3

| year low C = 13.0

| Jan record low C = 11.7

| Feb record low C = 10.3

| Mar record low C = 6.9

| Apr record low C = 7.6

| May record low C = 3.8

| Jun record low C = -0.6

| Jul record low C = 1.4

| Aug record low C = -1.1

| Sep record low C = -0.3

| Oct record low C = 4.7

| Nov record low C = 8.3

| Dec record low C = 9.6

| year record low C = -1.1

| Jan rain mm = 224.6

| Feb rain mm = 223.6

| Mar rain mm = 190.1

| Apr rain mm = 131.2

| May rain mm = 122.5

| Jun rain mm = 98.8

| Jul rain mm = 82.2

| Aug rain mm = 55.8

| Sep rain mm = 57.1

| Oct rain mm = 91.1

| Nov rain mm = 120.9

| Dec rain mm = 165.2

| Jan rain days = 14.8

| Feb rain days = 15.0

| Mar rain days = 15.9

| Apr rain days = 12.2

| May rain days = 10.9

| Jun rain days = 9.0

| Jul rain days = 8.5

| Aug rain days = 7.5

| Sep rain days = 8.3

| Oct rain days = 10.0

| Nov rain days = 12.0

| Dec rain days = 13.1

| unit rain days = 0.2mm

| source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_040197_All|site_name=MT TAMBORINE FERN ST|access-date=1 December 2015|date=December 2015}}

| date = December 2015

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See also

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References

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= Sources =

  • {{Cite web|title=1931–2011 Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church|url=http://tambopc.org.au/application/files/1214/5128/2109/TMPChistory.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305223837/http://tambopc.org.au/application/files/1214/5128/2109/TMPChistory.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|website=Tamborine Mountain Presbyterian Church}}