PLACES

Medium resolution images... allow time for download

Photo: North Coast under cloud

About the image...

North Coast under cloud

Dark clouds create a sombre ambience.

Mt Warning is the prominent peak in the far distance. So-named by Captain James Cook on his exploration of the Australian East Coast in 1770 because it dominates the coast and warns of landfall, the peak is an ancient volcanic plug and centrepiece of a vast volcanic caldera.

The twin peaks behind the coastline at right rise above the town of Mullumbimby. The beach extends for kilometres north from Byron Bay towards the Queensland border.

<<< back to places

Page updated: Thursday, 16 August 2007

C o n t e n t : _R u s s_ G r a y s o n ___D e s i g n :_ F i o n a_ C a m p b e l l_ &_ R u s s_ G r a y s o n
PO Box 1045 MANLY NSW 1655 AUSTRALIA_ |_ info@pacific-edge.info_ |_ www.pacific-edge.info
© Russ Grayson/Fiona Campbell 2003. Information is provided for general interest and no responsibility is accepted for any consequences of the use of this material.