Cape Bridgewater (Seal Colony, Petrified Forest, Blowhales)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.29 mi
- Elevation gain
- 548 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 548 ft
- Max elevation
- 289 ft
- TrailRank
- 52
- Min elevation
- 128 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 10 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2562
- Uploaded
- March 13, 2017
- Recorded
- February 2017
near Cape Bridgewater Lower, Victoria (Australia)
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Itinerary description
Cape Bridgewater Seal Walk
The trail south from the kiosk offers striking views across Cape Bridgewater, once a volcanic island that is now joined to the mainland by calcified sand dunes. The viewing platform at the end of the trail looks out over rock platforms and on to a colony of about 650 Australian fur seals.
Cape Bridgewater (Blowholes)
The trail continues through a petrified forest where the limestone remains of huge trees that once covered the sea cliff. Beyond the forest lies a series of exciting blowholes which are rock tunnels that have been etched out of the volcanic rock by the waves. During rough seas, they spout spray high into the air. Old Aboriginal middens can also be seen along the cliff tops.
Cape Bridgewater (Petrified Forest)
The petrified forest was formed when the forest of Moonah trees was smothered by a large sand dune. Water seeping through the sand formed a crust of sandstone on the outside of the trunks, decaying the organic matter, leaving behind petrified trunks.
The trail south from the kiosk offers striking views across Cape Bridgewater, once a volcanic island that is now joined to the mainland by calcified sand dunes. The viewing platform at the end of the trail looks out over rock platforms and on to a colony of about 650 Australian fur seals.
Cape Bridgewater (Blowholes)
The trail continues through a petrified forest where the limestone remains of huge trees that once covered the sea cliff. Beyond the forest lies a series of exciting blowholes which are rock tunnels that have been etched out of the volcanic rock by the waves. During rough seas, they spout spray high into the air. Old Aboriginal middens can also be seen along the cliff tops.
Cape Bridgewater (Petrified Forest)
The petrified forest was formed when the forest of Moonah trees was smothered by a large sand dune. Water seeping through the sand formed a crust of sandstone on the outside of the trunks, decaying the organic matter, leaving behind petrified trunks.
Waypoints
Waypoint
135 ft
Parking.
13-FEB-17 4:19:12PM
Waypoint
220 ft
Seal Colony Lookout 2
13-FEB-17 2:13:46PM
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