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Blue gum tree, 18 ft in circumference, Valley of the Grose 1872

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Lockleys Pylon

Lockleys Pylon, located in Darug country north of Leura, is a rock formation on top of Du Faur Buttress, 600 metres above the floor of the Grose Valley. The 360-degree view from the pylon take in the Illawarra and Sydney, mounts Hay, Banks and Tomah, the Darling Causeway, Hat Hill, Govetts Leap and the Fortress Ridge, as well as the mountains villages in between.With sites of significance to the Gundungurra and Wiradjuri close by, Lockleys Pylon looks down on to the iconic Blue Gum Forest, a haunt for bushwalkers and birth place of the Australian conservation movement. It was named by conservationists in honour of the supportive Sydney Morning Herald journalist JG '˜Redgum' Lockley

Plants

Eucalyptus deanei Maiden

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Tall, straight growing eucalyptus tree commonly found in the Blue Mountains.

Grose Valley

Valley and gorge carved by the Grose River from near Hartley Vale to edge of the mountains near Burralow Creek and Yarramundi.

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