THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
GARDENS of Stone NP, part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, is a dramatic landscape featuring stunning rock pagodas, sandstone cliffs, canyons and breathtaking scenic views. A standout feature is Pantoneys Crown, an isolated massif jutting out in the middle of the park which, for the experienced off-track bushwalker, offers three days of exploration and delight culminating in rock scrambles and the rarely visited summit reward.
The top of Pantoneys Crown was the goal for myself, my wife, my brother-in-law and two other mates. We set off Friday morning and entered a 4WD trail at Ben Bullen station just where the road does a switch back over the railway lines. We drove in about 10km towards Baal Bone Gap campground, but since we didn’t have winches we decided to park the cars up at the top of a steep decline; we were
