I live in a small town called Elimbah in the South of the Glasshouse Mountains.

About the Glasshouse mountains

Background, Aboriginal Legends and Geology
Australian Explorer Photographs
National Parks and Wildlife Info (pdf file)

Aboriginal Legend of the Glasshouse Mountains

Some history

The area was known to the Kabi people as the place of the grey water snake, Elimbah. The teamsters knew it as The Six Mile, a place to camp and rest their horses or bullocks. But when the railway came through, 1890, the rail stop was simply known as '36miles 68chains'. It was officially named Elimbah, 20 September 1902, at the urging of local residents.

The Caboolture area is the traditional home of the Kabi Aboriginal people. The name "Caboolture" is derived from Kabi words meaning "Place of the Carpet Snake". The Kabi people harvested bush food, fresh water mussels, oysters, fish and some game animals, moving around the land to take best advantage of seasonally available produce.

Each year in March, the Kabi people would hold Bunya Festivals, to feast on the plentiful and nutritious annual nuts of the Bunya Pine. These huge trees provided a food source which could sustain large numbers of people. Neighbouring clans were invited to the Festivals, where singing, dancing story-telling, trading and arranging of marriages took place.