Locals say it looks like a crouching elephant.
The mountain, which people believe looks like a crouching elephant, was special to the residents of the tiny towns explained Lesley Brown, president of the Derrinallum-Lismore Community Association. European settlers named it the Swagman's lighthouse and used it for a landmark. Permission for a music festival to be held in one of Mount Elephant's two craters last November caused great excitement in the region as it gave many people the opportunity to see what was actually up there. The committee consulted the local communities at public meetings attended by about 100 people before going into partnership with Trust for Nature, a non-government organisation. Local residents now have to raise half in order to have a say in its destiny.