Mimosa Rocks are located near Aragunnu Beach in the Mimosa Rocks National Park 25 km from a coastal town Tathra and about 410 km from Sydney on Sapphire Coast NSW.
National park hosts multiple large camping areas near the beach which can be accessed by relatively good gravel Aragunu Beach Road.
Do you speak Navajo? If not, then you are like me and probably didn’t know that “Tse’ bighanilini” means “the place where the water runs through the rock” and is a name of one of the most amazing places in the world. Unlike many others, it is a simple and meaningful name, however, it doesn’t explain why this canyon is so popular and attracts hundreds of tourists each day.
I guess it is not going to surprise anybody if I say that Australia has virtually unlimited potential in terms of seascape photography – every single kilometre of 25000km coastline has something special and interesting to offer. Moreover, all 25000 kilometres are constantly changing in time.
While all of the above is true, some locations are still better than others, and if I had some kind of seascape location rating, Pebbly Beach at Forster would definitely take one of the top positions.
Are you a nature photographer? Do you like seascapes? Climber? Fishing, maybe? If your answer is yes to any of these questions and you are planning your holidays in Port Stephens region make sure that you visit these magnificent rocks of Fingal Head.
Due to the volcanic history of the Gawler Ranages some 1500 million years ago, the Gawler Ranges National Park exhibits one of the largest in the world exposures of the volcanic rhyolite also known as organic pipes.
Pildappa rock is a granite outcrop with the longest and highest rock wave formation in the Eyre Peninsula. This rock wave rivals a well known Wave Rock from the Western Australia.
Murphy’s Haystacks is a small group of granite boulders and pillars located on the top of the hill in the western part of the Eyre Peninsula (South Australia), not far from the Streaky Bay. Read more…
Jacob’s Ladder is a steep and narrow zig-zag road in Ben Lomond Ranges 60 kilometres from Launceston in the Northern Tasmania.
Marked only on topographic maps – Palona Cave is located in the middle of the Royal National Park – the first Australian National Park established in 1879.
Primarily, this park is famous by its coastal views, Australian bush, rainforests, and activities available for Sydney locals and turists – bushwalks, bike riding, camping, kayaking and etc.
To get to the cave, drive to the Lady Carrington Drive and Sir Bertram Stevens Drive intersection, and park your car near the large set of stone gates - that will be at the beginnig of the Forrest Path Track.
Follow this track for approximately 1800 meters until you reach the sign “Limestone Cave 1.6km” – you will see the back of this sign on your left. You will need to take a right turn here and walk 800 meters to the cave.
At first, this small cave looks like hundreds of other caves of this type – just a big rock platform hanging above you, but because of the limestone, it has stalactites and stalagmites like in real caves.
If you look carefully, you will find some stalactites and stalagmites joined into columns of differents sizes and shapes, forming some very interesting sculpures like
- banana (above)
- ribs (above)
- frozen waterfall made of limestone (below)
Those “ribs” separate a small space from the rest of the cave, creating a place that we called a bedroom, and probably, it had been used by aboriginals as a bedroom some long time ago.
While you’re there, don’t miss a small but nice waterfall – Palona Falls, it is only 20 meteres from the cave, just follow the track a little bit further.
Additional Information:
- Bushwalking notes for “Lady Carrington Drive to Palona Cave”
- Official page of the Royal National Park
- images on flickr
Black head, at first, seems to be a very usual rock platform, the same as tens of others in the Sydney region. In addition to that, it is not marked as a tourist attraction of any kind.
Despite of this, head is very popular – here you can spend all day looking for fossils.
Black Head is considered as one of the best places for fossil hunting on the coast, if you know what to look for, you can find examples of fossil trees and, with additional luck, small sea creatures.
It is a 2 hour drive from Sydney to Gerroa (140 kilometers). Parking is at the end of Stafford Street.
Don’t forget – digging, breaking or removing the rocks is prohibited, all you need is to know what to look for.
Additional Info:
- images from Fliсkr
