Mount Rushmore Black Hills region of South Dakota in order to promote tourism in the region. His initial idea was to sculpt the Needles; however, Gutzon Borglum rejected the Needles because of the poor quality of the granite and strong opposition from American Indian groups. They settled on Mount Rushmore, which also has the advantage of facing southeast for maximum sun exposure. Robinson wanted it to feature American West heroes such as Lewis and Clark, Red Cloud, and Buffalo Bill Cody, but Borglum decided that the sculpture should have broader appeal and chose the four presidents. Senator Peter Norbeck sponsored the project
Mount Buangor State Park Mount Buangor State Park Mount Buangor State Park is located 60 kilometres west of Ballarat, Victoria in Bayindeen. The eucalypt trees include yarra and manna gums, blue gums and Messmates, narrow-leaf peppermint gums, snow gums and Red Stringybarks as well as large tree ferns. More than 130 species of birds have been recorded in the Mount Cole State Forest which includes this park. Fauna includes echidnas, deer, eastern grey kangaroos, wallabies, possums, gliders and bats. The local Aboriginal people in the area were the Beeripmo Balug clan of the Djab Wurrung tribe. Mount Buangor was previously known as Flagstaff Hill