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22-510: White Rock or White Rocks may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Wedding Cake Rock , New South Wales White Rock Conservation Park , Queensland Albino Rock , Queensland, an island formerly known as White Rock White Rock River (New South Wales) White Rock, Queensland (Cairns Region) , a suburb in Cairns, Queensland White Rock, Queensland (Ipswich) ,

44-436: A former settlement White Rock, Michigan , an unincorporated community White Rock, Minnesota , an unincorporated community White Rock, Missouri , an unincorporated community White Rock, Nevada , a ghost town White Rock, New Mexico , a census-designated place White Rock, San Juan County, New Mexico , a Navajo settlement White Rock, South Carolina , an unincorporated community White Rock, South Dakota ,

66-684: A particular sport. For example, among the Alpine sports, we've really gone all-out for the Men's Downhill - which is the glamorous, prestigious event rather than including the Ladies' Downhill, the Men's Slalom or the Men's Giant Slalom, events which the average viewer knows nothing about. We felt it would be better to choose a relative few of the representative sports of the Winter Olympics and do them really well, as opposed to spreading our coverage...With

88-617: A protected area in Boulder County, Colorado White Rock (Wyoming) , a mountain in the Wind River Range White Rock Airport, a defunct airport in Dallas, Texas Elsewhere [ edit ] White Rock River , New Zealand White Rocks Bay , Pembroke, Malta Other [ edit ] White Rock (film) , a documentary about the 1976 Winter Olympic Games White Rock (album) ,

110-836: A soundtrack album to the White Rock film White Rock Beverages , a company based in Whitestone, New York Project White Rock , codename of a cross-platform game that is in development by RedLynx White Rock Theatre , in Hastings, East Sussex, England White Rock Battery , an artillery battery in Gibraltar The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland , 2001 travel book by Hugh Thomson The White Rock (novel) , 1945 novel by Denys Val Baker Topics referred to by

132-511: A stunt. The spike in popularity became concerning for the NPWS, whose regional manager, Gary Dunnett, questioned, "whether having 30 or 40 people standing on that area has the potential to tip it one way or the other". The site was closed off in May 2015, citing the aforementioned safety concerns. After the closure, a geotechnical assessment and evaluation of Wedding Cake Rock was conducted to determine

154-564: A suburb in the city of Ipswich, Queensland Canada [ edit ] White Rock, British Columbia , Canada, a city White Rock, Nova Scotia , Canada, an unincorporated community United States [ edit ] White Rock, Franklin County, Arkansas , an unincorporated community White Rock, Washington County, Arkansas , an unincorporated community White Rock, California , an unincorporated community White Rock, Illinois , an unincorporated community White Rock, Kansas ,

176-530: A sudden spike in popularity. The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reported the number of visitors per month on the Royal National Park Coast Track had sharply risen from the average of 2,000 per month to over 10,000. The social media photo sharing service Instagram has been cited as the cause for the growth in patronage, with users going to the landmark to take pictures on top of it, often while performing

198-441: A town White Rock, Texas , a town White Rock (Taconic Mountains) , a ridgeline high point; also White Rocks, the southernmost summit on the same ridgeline White Rock Township (disambiguation) White Rock Mountains , Nevada White Rock Lake , Dallas, Texas White Rock Creek , running through Dallas White Rock (DART station) , Dallas White Rocks National Recreation Area , Vermont White Rocks Natural Area ,

220-525: A walking trail through the park that spans the entire length of the park's coastline, from Bundeena to Otford . Wedding Cake Rock is situated 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) from the start of the trail at Bundeena. There has been one death at Wedding Cake Rock that has not been the result of erosion. A 24 year old French tourist and amateur climber jumped from the lower tier to grab the upper tier, but slipped on impact, lost traction, and fell more than 40 meters to his death. In early 2015, Wedding Cake Rock saw

242-404: A wedding cake. The feature is one of many formations between Bundeena and Marley Beach, including The Balcony (Bundeena Lookout) and the adjacent "White Cliffs" of Marley. Before its closure from the public, travellers to Wedding Cake Rock were often advised not to stand near the edge of the cliff, mainly due to regularly strong winds. The rock can be reached by the Royal National Park Coast Track,

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264-557: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wedding Cake Rock Wedding Cake Rock , also known as White Rock , is a sandstone rock formation located in the Royal National Park near Bundeena in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia , accessible via the Royal National Park Coast Track. The rock is one of many formations that appear north of Marley Beach , and

286-545: Is suspended 25 metres (82 ft) above sea level. Wedding Cake Rock is noted for its scenic location and popularity with bushwalkers and tourists, as an attractive location for photography . Its reputation, however, was damaged after the landmark saw a sudden spike in popularity in 2015, and subsequently fell victim to vandalism . The rock was closed off from public access in May 2015 by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service , citing

308-638: The Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . A soundtrack album, White Rock was released by Rick Wakeman in 1977 and it entered the UK Albums Chart on 12 February 1977, where it spent 9 weeks and reached number 14. Michael Samuelson was given the chance to make the 1976 Winter Olympics film, and he contacted Tony Maylam to direct and write

330-599: The James Coburn involvement we have given our audience a way to experience what it feels like to do these things. Tony Maylam made two music movies White Rock and Genesis: In Concert , also known as the Genesis Concert Movie , which is a movie shot in concert at The Apollo Theatre, Glasgow and the New Bingley Hall, Stafford with the rock group Genesis . They were screened together as

352-549: The area; an operation which began in June 2016. By July 2016 six fines had been officially issued by the NPWS since the rock's closure, with seven more being issued by July 2018. The rock will remain closed to the public until its eventual demise, though proposals by the NPWS advised establishing a permanent viewing platform near the landmark. As part of the New South Wales Government's 2016-17 state budget,

374-493: The dangerous behavior of recent visitors, and later, safety concerns, after a survey conducted the following month determined that the rock was unstable, and that it would collapse into the Tasman Sea within the next decade. Wedding Cake Rock earned its name from its resemblance to a slice of a wedding cake ; the feature shows layers and is unusually eroded into a perfectly cuboid shape, in addition to being white, similar to

396-611: The film. However, they felt that only two films had "worked". Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin and the Kon Ichikawa film Tokyo Olympiad of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo . They decided that they did not want the film to be a documentary, but a feature film. We came up with the concept of dealing with just six events - with each having its own theme and being representative of

418-507: The landmark, however, did not deter visitors from jumping the safety fence established nearby and continuing to take photographs atop the unstable formation, prompting the NPWS to issue a $ 300 fine for visitors who do so, effective in late March 2016. This also did not prevent further instances of visitors jumping the fence, leading to the NPWS to collaborate with the New South Wales Police Force to start patrolling

440-477: The proposal was fully funded as part of a $ 9 million "windfall" granted to the NPWS over the subsequent 4-year period to upgrade the Royal National Park Coast Track. White Rock (film) White Rock is a 1977 documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck , Austria . The film was narrated by James Coburn , and directed by Tony Maylam . The film was nominated in 1977 for

462-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White Rock . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Rock&oldid=1256184427 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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484-418: The stability of the landmark. The study found, to the NPWS' surprise, that the formation was not only unstable, but was certain to collapse at any time within the next ten years, with the entire structure being described as "precariously balancing on the edge of the cliff, and severely undercut", seeming to be only upheld by very few pieces of debris from a recent major fracture below the rock. The closure of

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