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Kanangra Winter Wonderland
Kanangra is an Australian Aboriginal word for "beautiful view" and may refer to: * ''Kanangra'' (ferry), a retired passenger ferry on Sydney Harbour * Kanangra-Boyd National Park, located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales in Australia * Kanangra Creek, a creek in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park * Kanangra Falls Kanangra Falls is a waterfall on the Kanangra River, in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park, near , in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The waterfall is located at Thurat Walls about northeast of Ianthe Hill; with the fall hei ..., a waterfall on the Kanangra Creek * Kanangra wattle, a shrub belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' that is endemic to New South Wales {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanangra (ferry)
''Kanangra'' is a retired ferry on Sydney Harbour. She was launched in 1912 during the early-twentieth century pre-Sydney Harbour Bridge boom years of Sydney Ferries Limited. She and her close "sister" ferry, ''Kirawa'' (also 1912), were the first of four steel-hulled " K-class" ferries, the majority of which were timber-hulled. Both 45 metres in length and with passenger capacities of over 1,000 passengers each, the two were among the largest of the Sydney Ferries Limited fleet and they mainly served the busy Cremorne and Mosman routes. ''Kanangra'' was retired as a ferry in 1985 and is moored at Rozelle Bay as part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet and is undergoing restoration. It is the last remaining ferry built for Sydney Ferries Limited in the early twentieth century pre-Sydney Harbour Bridge peak. Sydney Ferries Limited generally chose Australian Aboriginal names for the early twentieth "K-class" steamers. "Kanangra" is thought to mean "beautiful view". Background ''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanangra-Boyd National Park
The Kanangra-Boyd National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Central Tablelands region, west of the Southern Highlands and Macarthur regions, in New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately south-west of Sydney and is contiguous with the Blue Mountains National Park and the Nattai National Park. The park was established in 1969. The Kanangra-Boyd National Park is one of the eight protected areas that, in 2000, was inscribed to form part of the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Greater Blue Mountains Area. The Kanangra-Boyd National Park is the most southwesterly of the eight protected areas within the World Heritage Site. The national park forms part of the Great Dividing Range. Notable features of the national park include the Thurat Spires, Kanangra Walls, Mount Colong, and three waterfall systems – the Kalang, the twotiered drop Kanangara and the Morong falls. The park also features a series of karst landforms that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanangra Creek
The Kanangra Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Kanangra Creek (officially designated as a river) rises near Mount Wallarra, below the Boyd Plateau on the western slopes of Mount Thurat, and flows generally south-east and north-east through Kanangra Gorge, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its confluence with the Coxs River at Konangaroo Clearing. The river descends over its course. The river is entirely contained within the world heritage-listed Kanangra-Boyd National Park. The Kanangra Falls, a waterfall located on the river, descends in two drops. Kanangra-Boyd Wilderness The Kanangra-Boyd Wilderness is among the largest and most rugged wilderness areas in New South Wales. Situated to the south of in the Blue Mountains and the Kanangra-Boyd National Parks, this folded belt or "Rim Rock" area is markedly different from the Permo-Triassic sandston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanangra Falls
Kanangra Falls is a waterfall on the Kanangra River, in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park, near , in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The waterfall is located at Thurat Walls about northeast of Ianthe Hill; with the fall height reported in 1930 as being in two sections. Kanangra Falls is popular with canyoning and abseiling groups. See also *List of waterfalls of Australia This is a list of waterfalls in Australia. Wallaman Falls in Queensland are Australia's tallest permanent waterfall with a plunge of nearly . Wollomombi Falls in New South Wales are second with a combined drop and Ellenborough Falls, also in ... References External links * Waterfalls of the Blue Mountains Tiered waterfalls {{Waterfall-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
