Nimmel Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Queensland, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox mountain  | name = Nimmel | native_name = | other_name =  | etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | image_size =  | country = Australia | state = Queensland | region = South East Queensland | district = Gold Coast Hinterland  | borders_on =  | highest = Mount Nimmel | elevation_m = 489 | range_coordinates = {{coord|28|11|S|153|18|E|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | length_km = | length_orientation = | width_km = | width_orientation = | area_km2 =  | geology = | orogeny = | age =  | map =Australia Queensland | map_caption = }} The '''Nimmel Range''' is a small [[mountain range]] inside the [[Gold Coast Hinterland]] on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], [[Australia]]. Its most prominent feature is the 489 metre peak of [[Mount Nimmel]]. It lies at co-ordinates latitude: {{nowrap|28° 10' 60" S}}, longitude: {{nowrap|153° 18' 0" E}} and is {{convert|20|km|mi}} away from [[Carrara, Queensland|Carrara]], an inland suburb of the Gold Coast near [[Nerang, Queensland|Nerang]]. It was the western border of the [[Austinville, Queensland|Austinville]] [[banana plantation]] before the settlement was all but abandoned in the 1930s.

==Historic Significance== The Nimmel Range was the western border of the Austinville [[banana]] plantation started in 1934 and abandoned in 1939. Earlier, in the very early 1900s, before [[Springbrook Road]] was built, early settlers sought to provide access to [[Springbrook Mountain]] from the coast. [[Jim Hardy]] and [[George Trapp]], two pioneers of the day, tried following the ridge that separates the east and west branches of [[Little Nerang Creek]], reached the join, turned east and found that the Nimmel Range blocked their path.<ref>{{cite QHR|16876|Springbrook Road and Associated Infrastructure|602140|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> The road was completed by skirting around the foot of Mount Nimmel and continuing to [[Springbrook, Queensland|Springbrook]]. To this day, Springbrook Road remains the sole link from the mountain to the rest of the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]].

==See also== {{portal|Queensland}} *[[List of mountains of Australia]]

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Queensland]] [[Category:Geography of the Gold Coast, Queensland]]