Bunya Mountains National Park was proclaimed on 1st August 1908. In 1972 Mr & Mrs Allan Stirling donated another 40 acres to Queensland for National Park, this land at Dandabah became the new camping ground. The enlarged park occupied 11,700 hectares. The Bunya Mountains is an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range which rises abruptly from the surrounding countryside to an average elevation of 975 metres, with Mt Mowbullan and Mt Kiangrow reaching 1,110 metres.  This relict Araucarian forest co-exists with a number of other unique natural features: ‘balds’ (grasslands), vine and sclerophyll forest. The forests were logged until 1947 for valuable timbers - red cedar, hoop, bunya. As a vestige of the Jurassic era, the Bunya Mountains is an area of  national and international importance.

Bunya Mountains National Park Office : Ph. +61 7 46683127

Mountain weather is cool in summer and cold in winter - just perfect all year round with four distinct seasons.

 

Average rainfall - 1100 mm

Snow falls every 5 to 10 years. Heavy snow fell in July 1984, a very light fall in August 2005.