Get it right, it's a mountain!

In the aftermath of four international tourists missing for more than 15 hours in bushland in Mount Warning National Park on the NSW far north coast earlier this week, Tweed Daily News (13/8/10) reports "(a) Murwillumbah SES officer **** [name deleted] has called on Tweed accommodation providers to provide more information to guests about climbing the hill."

Hang on a minute, is it a hill or is it a mountain? Warning Hill or Mt Warning?

According to the Geographical Names Board of NSW, hills have altitudes of less than 300 metres.

The geographical feature, which has dual names of Mt Warning and Wollumbin (*1), has an elevation of 1,156 metres.

*1 From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word `Wollumbin' meaning the patriach of mountains. J A Gresty. The Numinbah Valley. p67 1947. (Source: GNB of NSW)