URGENT – Submissions and letters needed to stop Pagoda Resort development in the Gardens of Stone Conservation Area If we don’t stop these glamping proposals, in these sites of international heritage significance, in this state conservation area—in this national park in waiting—then reservation becomes meaningless. Making matters worse, the NSW Read more
Carne View Lookout reached via a bushwalking trail from either Birds Rock or Broad Swamp. Located in the Gardens of Stone Conservation Area, it offers stunning views over Carne Creek and surrounding cliffs.
Opened in 2025, the Broad Swamp to Birds Rock Trail in the Gardens of Stone passes some spectacular platy pagoda country before crossing Carne Creek to reach Carne View Lookout. From here you can return the same way or continue to Birds Rock Lookout.
This relatively short loop walk in the Gardens of Stone explores the Dicksonia Forest Ravine, an amazing rainforest gully of ancient tree ferns. The exit route along the ridge offers extensive views over the Dingo Creek area.
Edmund Falls is a picturesque waterfall in the Gardens of Stone; it can be viewed from below and above.
Devils Throat (part of Alcatraz Canyon) drops 15m through a shaft in the cliffs before pouring out a slot in the rocks. It’s unique waterfall and swimming spot.
A stunning bushwalk around Carne Creek, which provides many vantage points from pagodas above the gorge and visits the picturesque Edmund Falls and unique Devils Throat.
A family-friendly 6km return walk, the Lost City bushwalk offers dramatic views of the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area, and passes some of the remains of the historic mines.
A delightful bushwalk in the Gardens of Stone, which passes Ethereal Canyon and an idyllic waterfall and pool, before returning via the enigmatic Midsummer Nights Grotto. A set of pagodas offering panoramic views completes the off-track loop.
A well-preserved and significant Aboriginal rock art site, the Blackfellows Hands Cave (Maiyingu Marragu) has over 50 stencils of hands and weapons. It’s reached by a short walk.