Science Frontiers is hardly orthodox, but they have this:

Several Australian readers have been kind enough to send this item about the
Australian pyramids reported in SF#41, especially the one at Gympie, Queensland.
The article's author, T. Wheeler, personally checked out the Gympie pyramid, the
other supposedly ancient artifacts found in the area, and the testimonies of
authorities and old-timers in the Gympie area. His results:


"What are we left with? The facts are (probably) that the Gympie 'Golden'
pyramid is actually an ordinary hill terraced by early Italian immigrants for
viniculture that has been disfigured by erosion and the removal of stone from
the retaining walls for use elsewhere; the stone wall around Gympie's Surface
Hill Uniting Church is exactly what the Rev Mr Geddes says it is -- a wall made
from irregular, freshly quarried stone. The 'Gympie Ape/Iron Man' statue was
carved by a Chinese gold prospector and later abandoned. The sun symbol and
snakes were carved quite recently. The prickly pear was introduced to Australia
by early settlers journeying via South America. As for all the supporting
statements by the various authorities, all but a few unimportant ones fade away
as one after another proves to be a misquote, a falsification or an outright
fabrication."
(Wheeler, Tony; "In Quest of Australia's Lost Pyramids," Omega Science Digest,
p. 22, November/December 1985.)

His entire article is at [www.awarenessquest.com]



Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site::
[www.ramtops.co.uk]