Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Blackall Ranges.
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Fruit Growing on the Top.
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Mr. Charles Ross, F.R.H.S. (instructor in fruit culture), has returned from a visit to the top of the Blackall Ranges. He travelled from Yandina to the foot of the ranges in a springcart, and thence “footed it” to the top. The locality visited bears the name of Coolloollabin.
Mr. Ross visited the district at the invitation of the local progress association. He states that several settlers both at the foot of the mountains and on top are growing bananas extensively, and are also giving some attention to cultivation of oranges. There is, says Mr. Ross, great variation of soil in the district, ranging from a good friable shaley loam to a strong volcanic loam. The tall varieties of bananas are doing remarkably well. The Cavendish bananas are a great success, and the growers say they pay best in the long