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Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the most northern tip of
Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions – Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
/ref> together with the communities: ''Coastal Headland Clay Heath'', ''Coastal Sand Tea-tree-Banksia Scrub'' (on the coastal fore-dune), ''Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest'', and ''Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest'' (on sandstone soils derived from either Hawkesbury or Narrabeen geology, and exposed to salt winds).NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Version 2.0 – VIS_ID 3817
Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the most northern tip of Pittwater
Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated Ria, drowned valley estuary, located about north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from th ...
. The headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...
is made up primarily of sandstones of the Newport Formation, the top third is a cap of Hawkesbury sandstone
Sydney sandstone, also known as the Hawkesbury sandstone, yellowblock, and yellow gold, is a sedimentary rock named after Sydney, and the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common.
It forms the bedrock f ...
. Around 10,000 years ago the headland was cut off from the mainland due to the rising sea level; subsequent buildup of a sand spit or tombolo
A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. It is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is then known as a tied island. The word ''t ...
reconnected the island to the mainland (a 'tied island
A tied island or land-tied island is a landform consisting of an island that is connected to the mainland or another island only by a tombolo, which is a spit of beach materials connected to land at both ends. St Ninian's Isle in the Shetlan ...
'). It is the location of the Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse
The Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is a heritage register, heritage-listed lighthouse at Barrenjoey Headland in the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach, New South Wales, Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet, the New Sout ...
, a lighthouse that was first lit in 1881. In 1995 Barrenjoey was gazetted into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the Highway 1 (New South Wales ...
.
History
On 2 March 1788, Arthur Phillip named the headland "Barrenjuee" (meaning little kangaroo or wallaby). The name changed its spelling over time, Barrenjoey now being the accepted name since 1966. Since the 1980s it has been featured heavily in thesoap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
''Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...
'', during both the credits and the show itself.
Ecological communities
Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013 shows Barrenjoey headland containing tiny pockets of ''Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest'', a particular subgroup of the ''Littoral Rainforest'' community, which is an endangered ecological community,NSW Scientific Committee. (2011Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions – Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
/ref> together with the communities: ''Coastal Headland Clay Heath'', ''Coastal Sand Tea-tree-Banksia Scrub'' (on the coastal fore-dune), ''Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest'', and ''Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest'' (on sandstone soils derived from either Hawkesbury or Narrabeen geology, and exposed to salt winds).NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Version 2.0 – VIS_ID 3817
See also
* Palm Beach, New South WalesNotes
References
*External links
* C-By-SA {{DEFAULTSORT:Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park National parks of New South Wales Headlands of New South Wales Tied islands Endangered ecological communities Tombolos Northern Beaches