Up Middle Brother mountain are two of that state's the largest Blackbutt trees, Benaroon - 15 metres in girth and is the largest in Australia, and Bird tree 11m girth. It takes the local Aboriginal name for 'blackbutt', Benaroon, and Middle brother mountain features in the local Birpai legend of the Three Brothers as well as being spotted by Captain Cook on his first passage up the east coastline and named Middle Brother Mountain.

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