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Great Dividing Range sign on the Kings Highway between Braidwood and Bungendore, New South Wales. The Great Dividing Range was formed during the Carboniferous period—over 300 million years ago—when Australia collided with what are now parts of South America and New Zealand. [12] The range has experienced significant erosion since.
Middle Ridge is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from the Toowoomba city centre. The Great Dividing Range passes through Middle Ridge from the north-west to the south-east. The area west of the range is on the Darling Downs at 660 to 670 metres (2,170 to 2,200 ft) above sea level and is a residential area.
Picnic Point has a strong association with the Toowoomba community and is well known in Queensland and other areas of Australia, as an attractive public recreation area offering wide views of outstanding scenic beauty from the top of the escarpment of the Great Dividing Range across the coastal plains to the east. [1]
Toowoomba is on the crest of the Great Dividing Range, around 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level. [13] A few streets lie on the eastern edge of the range, but the majority of the city is situated west of the divide. [14] The city is situated on the edge of the range and the low ridges behind it.
The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing has been constructed so that heavy traffic can avoid passing through Toowoomba. Coolmunda Dam, Leslie Dam, Cooby Dam, Perseverance Dam, Cressbrook Dam, Storm King Dam and the Glenlyon Dam are some of the major water storage facilities in the area. West of Toowoomba is the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport.
As they stampeded across the Great Dividing Range they tore a gap between Mount Mitchell (Coonyin-nirra) and Mount Cordeaux (Niamboyoo). [2] In 1827, Allan Cunningham set out from the upper Hunter River, to explore west of the Dividing Range, exploring the Darling Downs; returning in 1828 from Brisbane to explore Cunninghams Gap. [3]
The locality is bounded by the south-west and south by the Main Range, part of the Great Dividing Range.The terrain varies from 230 to 790 metres (750 to 2,590 ft) with the lower elevations generally in the east of the locality, rising higher toward the ridgeline of the Great Dividing Range. [4]
Dittmer Mountain Range, Kelsey Creek Eastern Queensland is dominated by the Great Dividing Range in contrast to the low-relief of western areas. East of the Great Dividing Range is a narrow coastal strip, known as the Australian north-east coast drainage division which contains most of the state's population.