Boonah is both a town and a locality of the
Scenic Rim Region in south-eastern
Queensland, Australia.
At the 2011 census, Boonah had a population of
2,474.T
Boonah is positioned near the Fassifern Valley,
McPherson Range and Main Range. It is
surrounded by hills, including Mount French
and other Moogerah Peaks. Frog Buttress is a
popular rock climbing cliff on the north-west
side of Mount French.
Boonah experiences sub-tropical climatic
conditions typically with warm wet summers
and mild dry winters. Boonah township is
approximately 80 metres above sea level.
Average annual rainfall for the region is 866
mm, equating to an average of 89 days of
rainfall. Temperatures range between daytime
averages of mid thirty degrees Celsius in
summer, to low twenty degrees Celsius in
winter.

The Boonah area produces vegetables for the
nearby Brisbane Markets notably carrots,
potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and
timber are also produced locally. In the
2000/01 financial year the Shire of Boonah
produced $67 million worth of agricultural
products.
More than 135,000 hectares of farmland were
used to produce about $20 million worth of
crops and $46 million from livestock.
Vegetables accounted for more than 20% of
agricultural products in the area. The main
crops were carrots, French and runner beans,
lucerne and potatoes. The Boonah Shire
produced 7% of the state's hay and 8% of the
state's soybeans. Dairy cows, meat cattle, meat
chicken and pigs were the main livestock
commodities, producing 1% of the total value of
the state's production in these commodities.
Nearly two-thirds of the recorded food and
fibre businesses in the Boonah area produced
beef cattle. More than 180 farms used irrigation.
The town has a local office of Primary Industries
and Fisheries.