Castle Rock, Western Australia

Castle Rock is a tourist attraction in the Porongurup Range in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and is renowned for its fauna and flora.

Final climb and railings (facing the Stirling Range)
Castle Rock facing south towards Albany

There is a walk trail to the summit which offers 360 degree views, 570 metres (1,870 ft) above sea level from a lookout known as the Granite Skywalk. The walk also takes in the unusual 'Balancing Rock', a six-metre-high (20 ft) granite boulder which reportedly weighs around 186 tonnes yet rests on a base just 1.21 square metres (13.02 sq ft).[1]

A winery located on the eastern slopes of the range is named after this landmark.

Bay whaling was conducted on the coast between 1845 and 1872.[2]

References
  1. Dawn Till Dusk, in the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges; Rob Olver & Stuart Olver. 1998
  2. Martin Gibbs, The Shore Whalers of Western Australia; Historical Archaeology of a Maritime Frontier Sydney University Press, 2010, 133-4.

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