Located in Beowa National Park on the New South Wales Sapphire Coast, Pulpit Rock is a rock platform popular for rock fishing and site seeing. Beowa contains many stunning rock formations, inlets and headlands because of extensive geological folding.
Beowa’s Geology
Most of the park lies on red, brown and green shales, sandstones, siltstones and quartzites. They were formed in the Devonian period around 360 million years ago. You can see these rock types exposed along the cliffs and headlands. The Devonian period is known as The Age of Fishes and significant fish fossils have been found in several places along the park’s coastline.
At Pulpit Rock, erosion has exposed a large section of the shale at the same angle as the dip of the rock formation. This has resulted in a large flat, but steeply dipping platform. To the north of the platform, the red shales are visible along the shoreline making a remarkable view in the right light.
Getting To Pulpit Rock
Access is via Green Cape Lighthouse Road and a side track, Pulpit Rock Road Loop. This ends at a small carpark which is a short walk from the Rock. Total drive time from Eden is around 50 minutes. From the carpark, it’s only a short walk to a set of stairs which lead down to the rock platform.
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