Mount Piddington (
Aboriginal: ''Wirindi'',
a
mountain
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in the Explorer Range of the
Blue Mountains region, is located south of the village of
Mount Victoria in
New South Wales
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, Australia.
It is accessible from the village via a loop road, and is the starting point of several bushwalking tracks leading to caves, rockclimbing areas, and the valley floor.
The mountain overlooks the
Kanimbla Valley Kanimbla may refer to:
*, several ships of Royal Australian Navy
*'' Kanimbla'' a Sydney K-class ferry
* ''Kanimbla''-class landing platform amphibious
* Kanimbla, Queensland, a suburb of the city of Cairns in Australia
* Kanimbla Valley, a valley ...
, although views are somewhat obstructed by
eucalypt
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''Eucalyptus'', ''Corymbia'', ''Angophora'', '' Stockwellia'', ''Allosyn ...
trees.
History
Mountt Piddington is named after
William Richman Piddington, former colonial treasurer under
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has ...
, who owned land on the site and "felled many trees on its summit in order that visitors might enjoy the view" some time before April 1871.
The land owned by Piddington was bequeathed to the public and named Mount Piddington Reserve. The area covered an area of 200 acres.
In 1885, the government extended the reserve by 68 acres.
In 1897, 7 acres of the reserve were resumed for "railway purposes".
Rockclimbing
Mt Piddington (Piddo), is a significant area of
traditional climbing
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in Australia. It includes ''Janicepts (21)'', first ascended by
John Ewbank
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*John Ewbank (composer), British-born Dutch composer, lyricist and record producer
* John Ewbank (climber), Australian rock climber
*John Wilson Ewbank
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in 1966, and freed by
Mike Law in 1973, making it the hardest climb in the country.
See also
*
List of mountains of New South Wales
This is a list of mountains in Australia.
Highest points by state and territory
List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ...
References
Piddington, Mount
Piddington Mount
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