Editing Springbrook National Park (section)

==Mount Cougal section==
[[File:Rosin's Lookout Beechmont Queensland.jpg|thumb|left|Springbrook Plateau to the left of [[Numinbah Valley]] and [[Lamington National Park]].]]
The Mount Cougal section of the park is located about {{convert|20|km|mi}} inland from [[Currumbin]]. It was begun in 1938 with {{convert|142|ha}} set aside, and additions over time brought it to {{convert|811|ha}} and in 1990 it was amalgamated with the Springbrook National Park.<ref name=mc/> The section is named for Mount Cougal which is in the park, located just on the Queensland side of the border with [[New South Wales]]. The mountain has two peaks, called the East Peak and West Peak, rising {{convert|694|m}} above sea level.<ref name=mc/>

The local [[Yugambeh people|Yugambeh]] Aboriginal peoples call the peaks Ningeroongun and Barrajanda. They tell of a legendary hunter called Gwayla who had two prized hunting dogs ([[dingo]]s). They were killed and they were buried under the twin peaks, and from then on the peaks were known by their names.<ref name=mc/>

The only tracks or facilities in this section of the park are at Cougal's Cascades which are the headwaters of the [[Currumbin Creek]]. A road leads into a carpark and picnic ground, and from there a walking track goes up the creek cascades. There are no official tracks up Mount Cougal itself<ref name=mc/> But there are informal trails from the NSW side of the border that would lead you up to the east peak of mt cougal <ref>{{Cite web |last=All |first=Trails |date=2025 |title=Mt Cougal from the border fence (NSW) |url=https://www.alltrails.com/trail/australia/new-south-wales/mount-cougal |website=Alltrails}}</ref> 

In 1943 a bush sawmill was established near the creek, producing timber for packing crates for the local [[banana]] growers<ref name="xqnp">{{cite book |title=Explore Queensland's National Parks |year=2008 |publisher=Explore Australia Publishing |location=Prahran, Victoria |isbn=978-1-74117-245-4 |pages=36–37 }}</ref> when other timber supplies were being directed towards [[World War II]]. The easily milled timbers of the [[Eucalyptus grandis|flooded gum]] and [[blue fig]] were taken, and later various other timbers. It ceased operations in 1955 due to an especially wet winter. A small display of some of the sawmill parts was restored in 1986 at the end of the walking track.<ref name=mc>{{cite report|title=Visitor Information sheet|work=[[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]]|date=April 1999}}</ref>