Montville is located in the western suburbs of Queensland's third largest city, Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), a small town on Blackall range, about 20 kilometers from Sunshine Coast downtown, about 100 kilometers from Queensland's capital Brisbane, with a resident population of less than 1,000 people.
The earliest inhabitants of the Montville were the original name of the Kabi tribe (Kabi tribe), where the first European colonists arrived in 1887 and began to settle, gradually developing into the present scale.
The Montville is known as "Little Switzerland" and "Little Switzerland ", but unlike the German town of Handoff (Hahndorf) in South Australia, which was founded by descendants of German immigrants, there is no relationship, building in the town that is really European, but the town is not created by Swiss immigrants, and there are few Swiss descendants in the town. The name" Little Switzerland "is no longer available, probably because there are very famous watch shops, chocolate shops and candy shops in the town, similar to the Swiss temperament, A Chinese tour group has been handed down since it was called" Little Switzerland ".
Montville is a very beautiful town, the town has its own strawberry garden, winery, but also can climb the view of the entire range, mountains and water, as well as shopping and delicious restaurant, it is the perfect place for outing. A small town, the main browsing is a main street (Main Street), quite like Beijing's south gonggu lane, Shanghai Tianzi Square, all over the small, with artistic style of arts and crafts shops, but the former crowd is bustling, while the latter visitors are relatively loose. Most of the crafts sold in Swiss towns are of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism type. Perhaps in the eyes of Westerners, both India and Tiibet represent a mysterious atmosphere. Of course, the most representative of the Swiss town temperament, when the tourist center (Montville Visitor Information Centre) next to the watch shop (Clock Shop), a very retro European house, is filled with a variety of Roman clocks, into which the clock issued by the birdsong valley, warbler singing, and pleasing to the eye of the clock animation, it is really gratifying, this is the ancient watch of Europe, surrounded by, not only feel the coming of the European customs, but also a kind of unspeakable aristocratic temperament.
As in all parts of Australia, food is always the same, so is the Swiss town. There are no European food on either side of the street. There are only coffee shops and some fast food. Besides view restaurant on the top of the mountain overlooking the distant sea, the food tastes good. It is standard Australian food. It is also expensive to use. The price is a bit high, but it is worth the money.
Moreover, Montville adjacent to the Condarella National Park (Kondalilla National Park), the Condarella is the native language, meaning "Pentium Water ", with numerous sightseeing trails and spectacular waterfalls, ideal for picnicking, swimming and diving into cool rain forests.
How to reach:
- Bus is very inconvenient, suggest self-driving, or report to the group to travel, can be found in Brisbane or Gold Coast;
