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by **juju** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 6:55 pm

okay, someone has to put something up.
NSW Name the featured canyon.

by **michael_p** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 7:23 pm

Juju,

Now that is way too easy. I'll let someone else have a go at it.

Cheers,
Michael.

by **juju** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 7:31 pm

'tis a bit.

by **juju** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 7:39 pm

no-one else it taking it Michael, so you'll have to. And I promise I won't complain if it's too hard

by **Tony** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 7:55 pm

I will have a go as I have just prepared a photo, Bungonia Gorge.

Tony

by **juju** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:17 pm

Yes it's Bungonia Gorge but what's the name of the Canyon?

by **Tony** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:26 pm

Hi juju,

It has been a very long time since I have visited Bungonia Gorge, I think the Canyons name is the Bungonia Canyon or the Slot.

Tony

by **juju** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:27 pm

Yep it's the Slot Canyon, your go

by **Tony** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:32 pm

I have decided to get away from NSW, this one is in Queensland and I would like the name of the National Park that I am in when I took the photo.

: Undara Volcanic National Park

by **johnw** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:56 pm

Carnarvon NP?

by **Tony** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 8:59 pm

johnw wrote:Carnarvon NP?

Hi John,

No, further north, the features on the skyline are the key.

Tony

by **johnw** » Mon 14 Mar, 2011 11:26 pm

Blackdown Tableland?

by **eggs** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 12:15 am

Lark Quarry Conservation Park?

by **Tony** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 4:51 am

johnw wrote:Blackdown Tableland?

Hi John,

Not Blackdown Tableland, further north again, the park has a geological feature that is the longest of its type in the world.

Tony

by **Tony** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 5:03 am

eggs wrote:Lark Quarry Conservation Park?

Hi Eggs,

Not Lark Quarry Conservation Park?, a bit further north east toward Cairns, I hope to get to Lark Quarry Conservation Park one day soon.

Another clue, the little hills on the skyline are no longer active.

Tony

by **michael_p** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 7:19 am

Tony wrote:I have decided to get away from NSW, this one is in Queensland and I would like the name of the National Park that I am in when Itook the photo.

Undara Volcanic National Park. Photo was probably taken from the lookout near the camping/lodge area.

by **Tony** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 7:31 am

michael_p wrote:
Tony wrote:I have decided to get away from NSW, this one is in Queensland and I would like the name of the National Park that I am in when Itook the photo.

Undara Volcanic National Park. Photo was probably taken from the lookout near the camping/lodge area.

Hi Michael,

Yes you are correct, Undara Volcanic National Park it is, it was 10 years ago since my visit, I am a bit rusty on my exact location but I think you are right, the park was fairly new then and still needed some infrastructure.

We went to visit the lava tubes which are the longest in the world at around 160k, the tubes where formed around 190,000 years ago which is very recent in geological terms, a great and interesting place to visit, part of my work is looking at volcanic phenomenon and we have reproduce lava tubes in the lab.

Your turn Michael.

Tony

by **juju** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 9:16 am

I was just talking to a friend on ;the phone about this Undara Volcanic National Park not five minutes ago (after checking it out on the web last night...I wouldn't have known there was such a thing before then. Wow, stuff of the imagination and (Jules Verne)

by **michael_p** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 9:24 am

Thank Tony. This place is high on my must do list. Just looks so fascinating.

Back soon.

by **Tony** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 10:25 am

juju wrote:I was just talking to a friend on ;the phone about this Undara Volcanic National Park not five minutes ago (after checking it out on the web last night...I wouldn't have known there was such a thing before then. Wow, stuff of the imagination and (Jules Verne)

Hi juju,

The one thing that I realise when traveling Australia, "the more you see the more you realise there is to see".

Tony

by **michael_p** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 12:44 pm

Here we go again.

Name the spot the photo was taken from.

Location: NSW.

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by **eggs** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 12:53 pm

Hawke Head?

by **johnw** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 1:09 pm

Warrah Trig?

by **michael_p** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 2:43 pm

John, not Warrah Trig

Eggs, are you sure it is called Hawke Head?

by **johnw** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 2:50 pm

Box Head looking over Broken Bay towards Barrenjoey etc?

by **eggs** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 2:56 pm

According to google maps, Hawke Head Drive passes through Box Head on its way to a park that has a foot track leading to the end tip to the south.
I was referring to the southerly most point of the pacific coastline bordering Broken Bay on the north.
You are looking at Barrenjoey with the cliffs near Palm Beach to the south visible on the left and the start of West Head on the right.

PS - the park appears to be Bouddi NP
PPS - Wildwalks pamphlet calls this point Box Head - Google maps shows that as the name for the area.

by **michael_p** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 3:22 pm

You guys are quick. :shock:

Sorry eggs. You were so close.

Johnw was the first person to give the correct name so according to the rules he wins this one.

by **eggs** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 3:26 pm

I know its not wise to trust google maps - but where are the online topographic maps for NSW like they have for Tas?
And why would someone name a road Hawke Head Drive if it doesn't go to Hawke Head? [must be a NSW thing?]

by **photohiker** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 3:34 pm

eggs wrote:I know its not wise to trust google maps - but where are the online topographic maps for NSW like they have for Tas?
And why would someone name a road Hawke Head Drive if it doesn't go to Hawke Head? [must be a NSW thing?]

Well, its not perfect, (Maritime Maps) but some are here: http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/publications/maps.html

You want the 8B Back.

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by **johnw** » Tue 15 Mar, 2011 3:41 pm

michael_p wrote:You guys are quick.

Sorry eggs. You were so close.

Johnw was the first person to give the correct name so according to the rules he wins this one.

I don't have a photo handy until I get home a bit later and it looks like eggs had correctly identifed the actual spot ahead of me; just the nomenclature needed clarification (notwithstanding our strange ways of naming things :wink:

). I had unfair local advantage in that I already knew it was from the north side of Broken Bay but still took me a while to pinpoint where. So eggs you can go

.

eggs wrote:where are the online topographic maps for NSW like they have for Tas?

This might help for NSW http://six.maps.nsw.gov.au/terms/acceptTerms.html (yes you have to acknowledge the disclaimer to use it :roll:

). Not quite as good as Tasmania's The List, as the search features are limited, but is still useful.

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