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The Illawarra escarpment, or officially the Illawarra Range, [2] is the fold-created cliffs and plateau-eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area is a protected area located west of Wollongong in eastern Australia. The conservation area is a popular location for recreation, including bush walking , scenic viewing, picnicking, camping, bird watching, rock climbing and horse riding.
The Great Escarpment in eastern Australia is an escarpment that runs east of the Great Dividing Range along most of the east of the continent. It was created due to formation of a new continental margin in the Mesozoic , followed by tectonic uplifting of the divide and then scarp retreat . [ 2 ]
Illawarra Escarpment above Austinmer, showing Hawkesbury sandstone, Rainforest and Eucalyptus forest. A section of the Illawarra coastline, c. 1900 The region consists of a grassy coastal plain, narrow in the north and wider in the south, bounded by the Tasman Sea on the east and the mountainous, almost impassable Illawarra escarpment (forming ...
Mount Kembla / ˈ k ɛ m b l ə / is a suburb [4] and a mountain [3] in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.. The suburb, a semi-rural township of Wollongong, gets its name from the mountain, located on the Illawarra escarpment, is derived from an Aboriginal word, kembla, meaning "plenty of game".
Robertson is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.The town is located on the edge of an elevated plateau (the Illawarra escarpment) about 35 km (22 mi) from the coast.
Shaded and colored image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—shows an elevation model of New Zealand's Alpine Fault running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a chain of hills squeezed between the fault and the mountains of New Zealand's Southern Alps.
The formation of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1967 saw a bid in the conservation of the state's diversity of natural ecosystems and cultural heritage. Today New South Wales contains more than 16.4 million acres within 870 protected areas, as well as 225 different national parks , each with their own pristine beauty and ...