This website (and the magazine) focuses on ‘environment, news and culture’ from the higher mountains of the Great Dividing Range between Melbourne and Canberra and the mountainous island of lutruwita/ Tasmania.

From time to time we get people writing about mountains that have resonance to them which are well away from the core area of focus of MJ. For instance, recent commentary about the destruction of snow gums at Mt Macedon in central Victoria and the mountains on Dja  Dja Wurrung country in northern Victoria.

There are many wonderful and significant mountains across the continent well away from the mountain stronghold of TAS and SE Australia. Wollumbin/ Mt Warning in northern NSW, the Glasshouse Mountains in Queensland, Rwetyepme/ Mt Sonder in the NT, or the Stirling Range in south west WA all come to mind.

We would welcome your reflections on your local mountain, why they are special, and why they matter to you. Read on for full details.

In Tasmania, the series of books on ‘The Abels’ have a particular definition of what constitutes this type of mountain. There are the 158 Tasmanian mountains above 1,100m and with a prominence of at least 150m above the surrounding landscape. I don’t think we need to be proscriptive in defining a mountain. On a flat continent like Australia, even a small hill that rises above the surrounding country can draw people in. So if it’s a mountain to you, then we would love to hear about it.

 

Writing about the outliers

Ideally what we want is:

  • A short story (up to 600 words) about your mountain – where it is, why its special, why it matters to you
  • Any links you might want to share so people can find out more about the place
  • A short (2 – 3 sentence) note about you
  • Some images (saved as jpegs and sent separately, not embedded in a Word document

Please send your contribution in a word document via email to: cam.walker@foe.org.au and we will post them on the website as they arrive. Thanks!

HEADER IMAGE: Gurutjanga / Mt Kooroocheang in late summer 2023 (Drone Photo: Oliver Zimmermann).