Careys Peak

Careys Peak
Careys Peak
	View from Careys Peak
Highest point
Elevation	1,544 m (5,066 ft)
Coordinates	32°03.041′S 151°27.558′E / 32.050683°S 151.459300°E
Geography
	Careys Peak Location in New South Wales
Location	Barrington Tops National Park,; New South Wales, Australia
Parent range	Williams Range, Mount Royal Range
Geology
Age of rock	Eocene
Mountain type	Alkali Gabbro

Careys Peak is a

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

.

Wilderness streams, such as the

snow gum wilderness.^[2] Careys Peak is a popular camping and bushwalking destination.^[3] Many years ago, a skiing slope was cleared behind Careys Peak. It has since disappeared in natural bush re-growth.^[4]^[5]

Name

Carey’s Peak is named after a local drover.[6] In 1839, 500 cattle were herded to Barrington Tops during a drought, but it snowed for 21 days that winter. All of the cattle died and the drover’s tents were blown away, so Carey suggested using the cattle hides to build a shelter.^[7]

Geology

The geology of the area includes Alkali

sedimentary rocks, such as mudstones, siltstones, minor conglomerates and limestones.^[2]^[8]

Flora

Snow Gums

at Careys Peak

The surrounding area is heavily forested. Sub

snow gum, southern sassafras and broad-leaved pepperbush.^[2]^[9] A two pronged landslip occurred in the rainforest at Careys Peak in 1978. This area is now slowly being naturally re-vegetated, initially by non-rainforest species. It is expected to return to the original Antarctic beech rainforest.^[10]

Fauna

Animals in the area include

swamp wallabies. Lyrebirds may be seen in the undergrowth, and yellow-tailed black cockatoos are common overhead.^[11]

References

^ Barrington Tops State Forests - map published by the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, 1980s
^
ISBN 0-7305-2075-7
.

^ "Barrington Tops National Park - lookouts & scenery". Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ Caroyln, Swanson. "A walk on the wild side". Financial Review. Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ "Forums - Snow Talk". Ski.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ SCANLON, MIKE (10 June 2016). "A loved place to stay". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ SCANLON, MIKE (10 June 2016). "A loved place to stay". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
ISBN 978-0-521-38083-6
.

^ Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - Careys Peak Atherosperma in their collection

ISBN 0-949324-32-9. (other publication details, included in citation)

^ "Barrington Tops". Top Spots. Retrieved 30 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
Coastal mountain ranges
(not part of the
Great Dividing Range)
Mid North Coast

Middle Brother (554 m or 1,818 ft)

South Brother (487 m or 1,598 ft)

North Brother (476 m or 1,562 ft)

Allyn, Barrington
& Mount Royal

Brumlow Tops
(1,586 m or 5,203 ft)

Polblue
(1,575 m or 5,167 ft)

Barrington
(1,555 m or 5,102 ft)

Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft)

Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft)

Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft)

Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft)

Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Ben Bullen

Gunama

Lumeah

Gibraltar and Sugarloaf

Summit (1,170 m or 3,839 ft)

Sugarloaf (412 m or 1,352 ft)

Bulahdelah

Manning

Blue Mountains

Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft)

unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft)

Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft)

Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft)

Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft)

York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft)

Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft)

Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft)

Tomah
(1,016 m or 3,333 ft)

Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft)

Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Bell (998 m or 3,274 ft)

Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft)

Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft)

Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft)

Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft)

Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft)

Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft)

Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft)

Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft)

Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft)

Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft)

Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft)

Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft)

Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft)

Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft)

Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft)

Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft)

Gospers

Bedford

Cameron

Coriaday

Erskine

Mistake

Monundilla

Whaite

Wirraba

Pearces

Wedding Cake

Illawarra

Bells
(803 m or 2,635 ft)

Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft)

Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft)

Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft)

Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft)

Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft)

Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft)

Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft)

Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft)

Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft)

Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)

The Budawangs

Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft)

Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft)

Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft)

Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft)

Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft)

Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft)

Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft)

The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft)

Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft)

Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft)

Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft)

Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft)

Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft)

Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft)

Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft)

Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft)

Coolangatta

Tarn

Great Dividing Range
Tweed

Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)

Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)

Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)

Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)

Gladstone

Goobergooberyam

Moombil

McPherson and Nightcap

Barney
(1,359 m or 4,459 ft)

Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)

Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)

Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)

Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)

Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)

Mid North Coast

Banda Banda (1,258 m or 4,127 ft)

Nandewar

Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)

Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)

Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)

Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)

Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)

Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)

Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)

Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)

Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)

Liverpool and Watagan

unnamed (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)

Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)

Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)

New England and Moonbi

Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)

Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)

Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)

Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)

Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)

Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)

Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)

Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)

Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)

Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)

Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)

Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)

Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)

Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)

Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)

Yarrowyck

Central Tablelands

Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)

Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)

Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)

Blaxland (901 m or 2,956 ft)

Hopeless (1,056 m or 3,465 ft)

The Brindabellas and Scabby

Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)

Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)

Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)

Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)

Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)

Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)

Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)

Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)

Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)

Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)

Monaro

Big Badja (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Brown (1,243 m or 4,078 ft)

Gibraltar (Bungendore) (887 m or 2,910 ft)

Gibraltar Hill

Snowies
Main

Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)

Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)

unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)

Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)

Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)

Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)

Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)

Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)

Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)

Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)

Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)

Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)

Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)

Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)

The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)

Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)

Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)

Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)

Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)

Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)

Ramshead

Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)

Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)

Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)

Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Other mountains in the GDR

Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)

Inland mountain ranges
Barrier

Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)

Warrumbungles

Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft)

Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft)

Needle

Other inland mountains

Grenfell

Gibralter Hill

Island mountain ranges
Lord Howe

Gower (875 m or 2,871 ft)

Lidgbird (777 m or 2,549 ft)

Mountains not within
a specific range

Gibraltar (863 m or 2,831 ft)

Gulaga (806 m or 2,644 ft)

Ulandra (761 m or 2,497 ft)

Tilga (329 m or 1,079 ft)

Oxley (307 m or 1,007 ft)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Careys_Peak&oldid=1059451186"

[1] Barrington Tops State Forests - map published by the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, 1980s

[AdamWHLNom-2] 
ISBN 0-7305-2075-7
.

[NSW_Government-3] "Barrington Tops National Park - lookouts & scenery". Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[Newcastle_Herald-4] Caroyln, Swanson. "A walk on the wild side". Financial Review. Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

[Ski.com.au-5] "Forums - Snow Talk". Ski.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

[6] SCANLON, MIKE (10 June 2016). "A loved place to stay". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[7] SCANLON, MIKE (10 June 2016). "A loved place to stay". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[Intraplate_Volcanism-8] ISBN 978-0-521-38083-6
.

[9] Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - Careys Peak Atherosperma in their collection

[Floyd1990Careys-10] ISBN 0-949324-32-9. (other publication details, included in citation)

[Top_Spots-11] "Barrington Tops". Top Spots. Retrieved 30 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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See also

References