Bush Explorers Encyclopaedia
Name:
The Governor
Description:
Is a long, 40m high pagoda slope which includes Michaels Chair. It is located 750m west of the road intersection of GlowwormTunnel Road and Fire Trail No. 7. Named by Michael Keats on a Bush Club walk, 21st September 2007. Name relates to the steam railway days, when the Glowworm Tunnel Road was the steam line to Newnes (Wolgan Valley Railway). A governor is a regulator mechanism fitted to stationary steam engines.
Maps:
- Cullen Bullen
Grid Reference:
- 415 129
Location:
Gardens of Stone National Park
Status:
Protected
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Walks:
- GOS3.03: Donkey Mountain 3
- GOS3.07: A natural tribute to Michelangelo
- GOS3.11: Carne Creek Cliffs, The Gurgler, Shunt Track, Shunt Pass, The Governor and Michaels Chair
- GOS3.12: Carne Creek Cliffs Screwdriver pass and the Long Zig Zag Pass
- GOS3.19: The Rain Cave and Joseph Creek
- GOS6.34: Caves of Carne Creek and Pyramid Rocks
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