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Name:
The Grotto
Description:

Is a short 200m canyon located on the Airly - Genowlan mesa. The top end of the canyon is 460m east of the communications tower, the lower end, accessed from the 4WD track, is 560m east of the tower. Colin (Col) Maxwell Ribaux, former local land owner, had set up a number of successive handrails and planks within this canyon. The Grotto is a small waterfall and would have been the end of this canyon, if it were not for the ladder Col constructed against a tree to negotiate the exit out of this canyon. Note: the ladder was removed in May 2013 by NPWS.

Maps:
  • Glen Alice
Grid Reference:
  • 252 326 entry downstream
  • 251 326 exit upstream
Location:
Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area
Status:
Threatened
Related Names:
Walks:
  • GOS1.02: Genowlan Mountain
  • GOS1.22: The Valley of the Kings
  • GOS1.23: The Eastern Extension of Mount Genowlan
  • GOS1.24: Genowlan Canyon, Mothers Arms and the Dragons Mouth
  • GOS3.18: Above the Glowworm Tunnel
Photos:
 - The Grotto

Airly Forest