CainBable.com
Title
Cainbable Mountain Lodge
Description
Geoff and Robyn Carter live permanently at Cainbable with their two children, Ava and Fred. We can offer advice and information about the attractions of the area. We have lived here since 1984. Prior to our purchase of the land it was owned by local cattle farmers and was totally undeveloped. The big news for us was the purchase of mains electricity in 1995, life was a lot easier after that!
Governor Logan noted in his diary the view from the top of a peak located at the head waters of the stream known today as Canungra Ck. From here he named Mt Misery after the terrible climb he endured. Cainbable itself was named on 16/8/1928 when the surveyor Mr R.A. Svy constructed the annulus of stones on top of Cainbable and surveyed much of the surrounding land. Until the early 1990's, when satellite positioning was introduced, Cainbable was an important trig point used to survey much of the local land.
From 1928 until 1940 the land was road reserve used by locals as a picnic place. During the second world war Cainbable was used as a beacon for troops training at nearby Canungra Land Warfare Centre. The beacon was lit every nite so troops could work out where they were as maps of the area were very poor. Today there are still old coins and bottles around the area dating back to the war. At its peak there were about 70 troops in tents living on the property.
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