33-981: Flat Rock may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Flat Rock or Collins Rock, a low point in Woonona, New South Wales United States [ edit ] Flat Rock, Alabama Flat Rock, Georgia Flat Rock (Columbus, Georgia) , a residential neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia Flat Rock, Idaho (also known as Macks Inn) Flat Rock, Illinois Flat Rock, Indiana , in Shelby County Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana Flat Rock, Kentucky Flat Rock, Michigan Flat Rock, Surry County, North Carolina Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina Flat Rock, Stokes County, North Carolina Flat Rock, Ohio Flat Rock, Virginia Flat Rock (Kenbridge, Virginia) ,
66-482: A historic plantation house in Lunenburg County, Virginia See also [ edit ] Flat Rock Brook Nature Center , New Jersey Flatrock (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
99-516: A patrolled beach and a promontory with a significant rock shelf, Collins Rocks. This houses a salt-water-pumped, 50-metre swimming pool. The remnants of the old tidal pool (100 yards long) on this rock platform are still visible. The Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track goes along the beachside park. A low ridge from the escarpment makes a marked hill over which the Princes Highway traverses, making Woonona's commercial strip mildly raised above
132-543: A significant haven for species that have been affected by environmental disturbances such as development and bushfire. There are currently 12 threatened animal species in the area. The escarpment also contains many historic sites such as mine entrances and passes. The escarpment contains the Illawarra Escarpment Subtropical Rainforest (S_RF01) ecological community, which has been declared an endangered ecological community, under
165-594: A variety of breaks, including the northside of Collins rock, the southern side and the famous "Dorrigo Ave" break. To the west of Woonona is the Woronora Plateau, averaging a height of 400 metres near the suburb, and the eastern edge of this, known as the Illawarra Escarpment . A narrow coastal plain falls quickly to the Pacific coast in the east. The escarpment is heavily forested. Woonona has
198-505: A wide variety of native flora and fauna and is a haven for many forms of wildlife. It is known for the Illawarra Flame Tree with its bright foliage, as well as rare surviving red cedar trees that haven't been logged. On Saddleback Mountain and at Minnamurra Rainforest and other places there are remnant localities of rainforest bushland, as well as, to the north, dry sclerophyll forests. The southern typical bush meets
231-568: Is a suburb north of Wollongong , New South Wales , Australia , south of Sydney. It is served by Woonona Station on the South Coast Line , and by the Princes Highway . The suburb has a strip of commerce along the highway and several historic buildings. It is mostly light-density residential, though some new two-storey buildings have appeared. The local beach is known for surfing conditions, and surfers frequent it during high wave times. A good swell will bring in many locals. There are
264-490: Is a problem, with many areas invaded by lantana and other invasive weeds. Maddens Plains (also written as Madden's Plains) was named after John Madden who arrived from Ireland in 1850 at the age of 11. The "address locality" of Maddens Plains is defined as a suburb of the City of Wollongong , "about 1 km N of Scarborough and about 7 km E of Southend [trig] Station". At the 2021 census , it had no population. There
297-634: Is occupied by Ocean Park on Carrington Road, which was filled by tip operations that ended in the early 1980s. There is a small remnant wetland just to the west of Ocean Park, on Lawrence Street. In the 1950s Woonona was home to a soccer team which played in the Southern Division of the State Premiership. The team, also known as Woonona-Bulli, was apart from Corrimal, the only side from outside Sydney in this league. Illawarra escarpment The Illawarra escarpment , or officially
330-575: Is private property or owned by mining companies like BHP . Well known and popular lookouts such as at Mount Keira and Bald Hill are reserves or parks, the Mount Keira Summit Park is an annexe of the Wollongong Botanic Garden like Puckeys Estate Reserve on the plain. There are many walking tracks and lookouts with views of the surrounding countryside to the south, or suburbs to the north and coastal villages to
363-542: Is sandstone, with many Hawkesbury sandstone boulders and ledges visible in addition to the actual cliffs. Its maximum heights are reached in the south, west of Albion Park at Knights Hill, 709 metres (2,326 ft), and Mount Murray, 768 metres (2,520 ft). This forms the eastern edge of the Southern Highlands plateau, uplifted along with the Blue Mountains around 70 million years ago. Many of
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#1732771812914396-662: The Illawarra Range , is the fold-created cliffs and plateau -eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . The range encloses the Illawarra region which stretches from Stanwell Park in the north to Kiama , Gerringong and the Shoalhaven River in the south. Bells Hill, west of Knights Hill , is the highest point in
429-694: The New South Wales TSC Act. Geographically it stretches from the white cliffs of the Royal National Park and its northern hilly ridge formations like Bulgo and Otford Hills and Stony Batter, Undola Ridge and Bald Hill, south past the Otford Valley to the west and around an eroded valley containing Stanwell Park, then it goes south, featuring cliffs and running close to the coastal headlands, approximately 300 metres (1,000 ft) above sea level at Scarborough to
462-502: The escarpment bare. Practically the only trees remaining from before this period are cabbage palms ( Livistona australis ). Most of the timber was shipped north to Sydney for construction. Cattle grazing took place on the coastal strip, and did not stop completely until the 1970s. It was not pastoral activities which brought large numbers of settlers to Woonona, it was coal mining from 1857. Coal mining brought new families from Wales, Cornwall, Scotland and other parts of Great Britain. As
495-588: The escarpment: Saddleback Mountain Road only reaches the summit after a short, steep, turnoff, but was once part of Hoddles Track, which is now only in existence in a small ridge track from the summit but used to extend west to the Southern Highlands. Numerous areas are protected as part of the Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area or as state forests such as Kembla State Forest southwest of Wollongong. However, much
528-423: The estuary of Collins Creek as a suitable place in which to replenish their required stocks. However breaking surf prevented their landing party from getting ashore. A small plaque, erected at Collins Rocks Headland in 1970, commemorates this event. Woonona's economy in the 1800s was primarily dairy farming and timber-getting. The timber industry was so intensive that photographs from the early twentieth century show
561-549: The far north, and bushland and suburbs to the north. There are several well-known lookouts, such as Bald Hill , Bulli Pass , Sublime Point and Mount Keira, as well as lesser known tracks with views such as Hoddles Track west of Saddleback Mountain. Some tracks have gone into disrepair such as the Wodi Wodi track at Stanwell Park , but some such as the Mount Keira Ring Track have been upgraded. Weed infestation
594-489: The housing area of Edgewood Estate, was one of the last refuges of the endangered green and gold bell frog. The estate is set to contain over 1000 houses, covering the old brickworks, an access road that once led to houses higher up the mountain (called Black track by the locals) and the land south to the small storm water creek. As recently as the 1970s, Woonona was a mostly working-class area, characterised by small houses and extensive open space. More recently, its proximity to
627-399: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flat_Rock&oldid=1214399669 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Woonona, New South Wales Woonona ( / w ʊ ˈ n uː n ə / )
660-500: The much larger city of Sydney to the north, and its beach frontage, have resulted in the construction of many large, modern houses. The Builders Labourers Federation imposed a green ban on all high rise and flat development, including major roads in the East Woonona area in 1974, at the request of a local community group. Much of the foreshore was originally coastal wetlands, but these have been filled in. The largest such area
693-511: The north and south of it. Woonona is said to be a place name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "Place of young wallabies." This name was selected by Woonona's first Post Master Henry Fry (1829–1907) from 1859. Woonona has been home to the Tharawal people (also spelt Tarawal or Dharawal) people for at least 20,000 years. Dharawal is the name given to the local native palm or cabbage tree. This particular tribe extended from Botany Bay in
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#1732771812914726-704: The north the range is mostly a coastal ridge east of Otford , becoming a cliff at Mount Mitchell, and continuing to include an eroded cliff at its top until Bulli Pass where it becomes rounded, forming Woonona Mountain, until Brokers Nose where the cliff reappears, before appearing again on the edge of Mount Keira and Warra, disappearing until west of Dapto where it forms the famous southern escarpment and curves in for Macquarie Pass National Park and Mount Murray at 768 metres (2,520 ft) before turning into Knights Hill at 709 metres (2,326 ft) and then forming Noorinan promontory, its summit at 663 metres (2,175 ft), and Saddleback Mountains. There are several passes over
759-538: The north to the Shoalhaven River in the south and inland as far as Picton. Little is recorded of the Dharawal pre-European settlement, which occurred from about 1830. The Dharaway were known to exist in family groups. Their skin was ornately scarred. They carried possum skins for protection as well as warmth. They covered their bodies with fat, oils, mud and sand as a protection against insects and changes in
792-462: The northern at Mount Kembla , creating a unique effect. Many native species thrive here such as wallabies , brushtail possums and gliding possums , frogs , goannas , brush turkeys , flying foxes , snakes , bower birds , glossy black cockatoos and other colourful parrots , owls and native birds of prey . The area also has many introduced species including fallow deer , red deer , rabbits , feral cats and red foxes . It also acts as
825-677: The plateau to the west and 709 metres (2,326 ft) at Knights Hill, just over 663 metres (2,175 ft) at Noorinan Mountain and about 600 metres (2,000 ft) at Saddleback Mountain. It is mostly of hard sandstone, with outcrops like Mount Keira and Mount Kembla rising above 450 metres (1,480 ft). There are many tracks to the top of such summits including the southern tip of the escarpment, Saddleback Mountain and Noorinan Mountain promontory. The flora ranges from northern and southern eucalypts and at Mount Kembla fuses, providing an interesting phenomena. The range has much history, including Hoddles Track which used to go to Bowral from Kiama. To
858-480: The promontory at Knights Hill at 709 metres (2,326 ft), south including Jamberoo Mountain and east to Noorinan Mountain promontory at Barren Grounds Plateau, then along a ridge to its southern tip, Saddleback Mountain. The Cambewarra Range is considered a separate, yet related, geological formation that continues around the Noorinan promontory and continues around Kangaroo Valley . It ranges in height from
891-402: The range at 803 metres (2,635 ft) AHD on the range's plateau; with a number of other peaks on the escarpment ranging from 300 metres (980 ft) to a maximum of 768 metres (2,520 ft) at Mount Murray southwest of Dapto . The escarpment or scarp was created between 225 and 280 million years ago and since eroded by creeks to its present height around 30 million years ago. Most of it
924-567: The tops of Bald Hill and Stony Batter around 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level, to 440 metres (1,440 ft) at Brokers Nose, generally above 350 metres (1,150 ft) high south of Mount Ousley Road (between Keira and Brokers Nose) it reaches 464 metres (1,522 ft) at Mount Keira, 464 metres (1,522 ft) at Mount Warra, 469 metres (1,539 ft) at Mount Brisbane, 531 metres (1,742 ft) at Mount Burelli, 512 metres (1,680 ft) at Kembla West, 534 metres (1,752 ft) at Mount Kembla, 564 metres (1,850 ft) at Wanyambilli Hill on
957-603: The town grew it once boasted two cinemas, a large cordial factory (J Parkinsons), the largest bakery on the Coast and the Woonona Cooperative building, which at the time of its construction was the single largest department shop in the Wollongong region. The Woonona Public School was built in 1882. Bricks were also manufactured adjacent to clay quarries on the hills above the suburb. The old Boral brickworks, now
990-436: The towns on the coastal plain adjacent to the escarpment were first founded to harvest the cedar trees on the slopes of the escarpment or the coal seams beneath it. With the original logging industry of the area came the need for passes over the escarpment, creating such ones as Rixons Pass , Bulli Pass , O'Briens Road and Macquarie Pass . The city of Wollongong is the central city in the Illawarra. The escarpment contains
1023-468: The turn at Sublime Point at 415 metres (1,362 ft) near Thirroul , south to Brokers Nose at 440 metres (1,440 ft) promontory, south to Mount Keira , which juts out from the main cliffs, south to a similar eroded sandstone outcrop, Mount Kembla at 534 metres (1,752 ft), then southwest along the Dapto scarp cliffs including Mount Bong Bong to the turn inland at Macquarie Pass, then back east to
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1056-661: The way of possessions except that which was needed for hunting or eating. With the advent of colonization their numbers around Woonona quickly diminished. Like many parts of Australia, the Woonona area was originally given over to settlers in the form of land grants. Prior to this cedar cutters worked the steep fertile soil. The present day site was the first attempted landing in Australia by Captain James Cook on 28 April 1770. His party, desperately short of drinking water, saw
1089-406: The weather. For decoration or ceremonial purposes, they adorned themselves with feathers, kangaroo teeth headbands and beads formed from pieces of reed or teeth. Dharawal men had perforated nostrils through which they wore bones. Their front tooth was knocked out in order to signify completed passage into manhood. Dhurawal women had a piece of their little finger removed. The Dhurawal carried little in
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