Scenic Rim

Yugarabul (also known as Ugarapul and Yuggerabul) and Yugembah (also known as Yugumbir, Jugambel, Jugambeir, Jugumbir, Jukam, Jukamba) are Australian Aboriginal languages of the Scenic Rim, South-East Queensland.The Yugarabul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Brisbane City Council, Ipswich City Council and the Scenic Rim Regional Council.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/yugarabul-168|title=Yugarabul|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}} The Yugembah language areas include Gold Coast, Logan, Scenic Rim, Tweed River Valley, Albert River, Beaudesert, Beenleigh, Coolangatta, Coomera, Logan River, Pimpama and Tamborine, within the local government boundaries of the City of Gold Coast, City of Logan, Scenic Rim Regional Council and the Tweed River Valley.

The Scenic Rim has been described as one of Queensland's great natural treasure troves.{{cite book |last=Czechura |first=Gregory |date=2011 |title=Wildlife of the Scenic Rim |url=https://www.shop.qm.qld.gov.au/default/books/wildlife-of-the-scenic-rim.html |location=South Brisbane, Queensland |publisher=Queensland Museum |page=1,3,5,54 |isbn=978-0-9870555-8-3}} The landscape is visually stunning. The topography is varied and rainfall fairly high, especially in the east. In the west dryer conditions lead to distinct vegetation types, such as dry eucalyptus forest, dominating. The Scenic Rim lies in a zone where tropical, temperate and western species overlap in a biodiversity hot spot. Biologists refer to this region as the Macleay-McPherson Overlap.

The mountainous landscape forms a quarter circle ridge positioned roughly from south of Toowoomba around to Springbrook. Tamborine Mountain, Lever's Plateau and the Lamington Plateau are part of the rim formation.Rankin, Robert. (1992) Secrets of the Scenic Rim. Rankin Publishers {{ISBN|0-9592418-3-3}} The scenic rim is considered part of the Gold Coast hinterland. Parts of the rim are well developed, crossed by highways with facilities for tourists like Cunninghams Gap, others are privately owned agricultural properties and rural villages such as Beechmont and Tamborine Mountain. Much of the rest is protected in national parks and nature reserves.

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The ranges include the Little Liverpool Range,{{cite web |last1=Land for Wildlife South East Queensland |title=Little Liverpool Initiative |url=https://www.lfwseq.org.au/little-liverpool-initiative |access-date=3 April 2020}} Main Range,{{cite web|publisher=Queensland Government|website= Department of Environment and Science|title=Main Range National Park Guide|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/main-range/about.html|access-date=3 April 2020}} Mistake Mountains,{{cite web|publisher=Hudson Institute of Mineralogy|title=Mistake Mountains|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-2157414.html|access-date=3 April 2020}} McPherson Range,{{cite web|publisher=Tamborine Mountain & Beyond|title=Lamington'|url=https://scenic-rim.com.au/category/lamington|access-date=3 April 2020}} Teviot Range{{cite web|publisher=Hudson Institute of Mineralogy|title=Teviot Range|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-2147000.html|access-date=3 April 2020}} and the Tweed Range.{{cite web|publisher=Sightseeing Tours Australia|title=The Mountain Ranges of the Gold Coast Hinterland|url=https://goldcoastdaytour.com.au/blog/the-mountain-ranges-of-the-gold-coast-hinterland/|access-date=3 April 2020}} Valleys of the Scenic Rim include Laidley Creek, Christmas Creek, Lockyer Valley, Fassifern Valley, Numinbah Valley, the Albert River, Logan River, Coomera River and the Bremer River.

The geology and landscape of the Scenic Rim is largely volcanic in origin, deriving from the prehistoric Tweed Volcano, including the Mount Warning shield volcano, and the Focal Peak and Main Range volcanic rocks. Some areas of sedimentary origin include parts of Mount Barney and eastern Lamington national parks. The deeply weathered, mainly basaltic, soils support rainforest and vine thicket ecosystems, as well as rare eucalypt and grassland communities. The area has a subtropical climate with (at the lowest altitudes) average minimum winter temperatures of 6 °C, average maximum summer temperatures of 29 °C, and average annual rainfall of 1555 mm.

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Areas protected in national parks and other conservation reserves include the Border Ranges National Park, Glen Rock Regional Park, Koreelah National Park, Lamington National Park, Limpinwood Nature Reserve, Main Range National Park, Mebbin National Park, Moogerah Peaks National Park, Mount Barney National Park, Mount Chinghee National Park, Mount Clunie National Park, Mount Nothofagus National Park, Mount Warning National Park, Numinbah Nature Reserve and Springbrook National Park. Parts of the Scenic Rim, Gondwana Rainforests, are listed as a World Heritage Site,UNESCO. Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/368]. Retrieved 3 April 2020. and some are designated Wilderness Areas.

A 1,351 km² area encompassing the Scenic Rim has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of endangered eastern bristlebirds, black-breasted button-quails, rufous scrub-birds, Albert's lyrebirds, pale-yellow robins, paradise riflebirds, green catbirds, regent bowerbirds and Australian logrunners.{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Scenic Rim |access-date=2011-10-03 |work= Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia }} There are also historical and recent sight records of the critically endangered Coxen's fig parrot.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Scenic Rim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-10-03. Migratory cuckoos can be seen and heard from Spring to Summer.

There are many recreational activities for day-trippers, rockclimbers, hikers and nature lovers on the ranges.Visit Scenic Rim. Scenic Rim. [https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au]. Retrieved 3 April 2020. The concept of the Scenic Rim was first described by Arthur Groom and Romeo Lahey in the 1920s.{{cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |author=Queensland Environmental Protection Agency |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |page=18 }} They were campaigning for the protection of the forests from Main Range to the Lamington Plateau. At about the same time the Binna Burra Lodge and O'Reilly's Guesthouse were established as the popularity of the area grew with tourists.

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• [http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/ Scenic Rim Regional Council]
• [https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Regional-Map_scenic-rim-way_1-1.pdf]

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