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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of the Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk and its forest.
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Forest, family and Skywalk
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1908
A first national park
Witches Falls National Park is declared on Tamborine Mountain, the first in Queensland.
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Early 1900s
Loggers in the forest
Red cedar, rose gum and crow’s ash are cut from the forest beside Cedar Creek.
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1988
A family’s land
Ian and Jennifer Moore buy a 130-acre property on the mountain.
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1989
Songbirds in the Forest
The family opens an open-air restaurant on the property.
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1998
Glow-worms
A large glow-worm colony is found beside Cedar Creek; night tours run from 1999 to 2004.
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2004
A new project
The restaurant property is sold to fund the Skywalk, and nearly five years of planning and approvals follow.
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2009
The Skywalk opens
Martin Ferguson, then the federal Minister for Tourism, officially opens the Skywalk.
Follow the stories behind the dates
A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
