Tuchekoi National Park

Tuchekoi National Park
Queensland
Mount Cooroora
Tuchekoi National Park is located in Queensland
Tuchekoi National Park
Tuchekoi National Park
Coordinates26°22′04″S 152°50′11″E / 26.3679°S 152.8365°E / -26.3679; 152.8365
Established2009[1]
Area3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteTuchekoi National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Tuchekoi National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is situated to the west and south-west of Pomona in the Noosa hinterland.

Geography

The Park is approximately 390 hectares of bushland surrounding Mount Cooroora, a 439 metres high intrusive volcanic plug.[2]

Walking tracks

A main walking track leads from the Mount Cooroora Forest Reserve (carpark and picnic area) to the top of Mount Cooroora with several meandering tracks around the east and north sides of the mountain.[3]

Festival

Helicopter rescue from Mount Cooroora during the 2015 King of the Mountain.

Yearly, the King of the Mountain festival and race take place featuring runners racing from the centre of Pomona to the top of Mount Cooroora and back to be named the "King of the Mountain".[4]

Australian band, Midnight Oil, created a theme song for the event when in 1990 they released a single about the race by the same name, King of the Mountain. Although many people think the song is a reference to Peter Brock and the Bathurst 1000 held at Mount Panorama, drummer Rob Hirst confirmed the song is actually inspired by the footrace up Mount Cooroora and the surrounding natural beauty and unique history of the Noosa hinterland.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tuchekoi National Park and Tuchekoi Forest Reserve Management Statement 2013" (PDF). Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ^ "About Tuchekoi". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ Government, Queensland (March 2020). "Tuchekoi National Park map" (PDF). parks.des.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Mountain Race History". kingofthemountain.com.au.
  5. ^ "kingofthemountain.com.au". kingofthemountain.com.au.
  6. ^ "Western Advocate". www.westernadvocate.com.au. 12 February 2018.
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