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Wild Winds


In 1933, wild winds blew limbs off trees and left bare trunks in their wake. The winds came over the hill directly west of The Pyramid and continued towards Paling Yard (beyond Underground Creek). The force of the wind is said to have picked local farmer Allan Gunn up a metre off the ground and dropped him a few metres away. He was working in the cultivation near the present day The Pyramid walking track at the time.

In March 2000, a line of powerful westerly winds swept through the main valley in Girraween National Park, blowing trees over in the camping areas and across walking tracks. Uprooted trees can still be seen on both the Granite Arch and Dr Roberts' Waterhole walking tracks.


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Uprooted tree, Dr Roberts' Waterhole track.

Uprooted tree, Dr Roberts' Waterhole track.




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