Node in Purnululu

A World Heritage listed area, also having great cultural importance, meaning that climbing is unlikely to ever be allowed here (and to be clear, this entry should not be taken as any sort of inducement for climbing activity).

Nevertheless climbers should at least come and have a look at this amazing place. If you thought Meteora, Riglos, Montserrat or Maple Canyon had amazing conglomerate cliffs, this place could well top them all. The north end of the range has simply gobsmacking amounts of big 150-200m+ high conglomerate cliffs, of all angles. As usual the cobbles look like they could all just fall out, but initial appearances are that the rock is actually way more solid than you could dream of (its certainly more solidly welded together than Meteora). The established walking trails (Echidna, Mini Palms & Homestead) alone let you ogle mind boggling amounts of enormous solid cliffs ... and then you realise that even this is just a mere fraction of what this 30km+ escarpment has to offer. Amazing.

FWIW, the "beehives" in the south of the range, while certainly justifying their fame and being well worth a visit, would actually not be of interest to climbers as the rock is soft and loose down there (and again, climbing is firmly banned).