Bombo Headland well worth the walk

Speculation continues to surround the new Bombo Headland walking track staircase which is yet to be officially opened.

Kiama Council announced delays in opening the stairs to the public and to any official opening without any explanation or new opening date. The stairs will link the Kiama walking track from Minamurra into the Bombo Headland where walkers can rejoin the main walking track at the northern end of Bombo beach.

the dykes in the quarry. This period is named the Kiaman Reversed Polarity SuperChron. The World Geological Heritage Site proclamation is why no development can occur at Bombo Headland. The rocks reversed their magnetic polarity as they cooled, an extremely rare geological event. A Permanent Conservation Order was placed over the site in 1983.

er the cow died.

Kate says farmers and locals immediately came to help her, her husband in the front passenger seat with their 17-year- deployed some warning lights, so further traffic was aware of the danger and would then take care to reduce their speed.”

Kate has joined the call for greater public awareness around Kiama of animals out on local roads, which includes feral deer, cows and wildlife like kangaroos and wombats.

She agrees with the idea that it should be a legal requirement that flashing “Slow down animals loose” warning lights are immediately deployed when cows are loose with red warning lights saying something like “COW LOOSE SLOW DOWN.”

Similar traffic lights encouraging drivers to slow down and take greater care with animals on the roads could be deployed on high-risk roads such as Jamberoo Pass or quickly deployed when there are reports of feral deer on the highway.

Kiama Council has launched an awareness campaign with an animation warning drivers to be careful of wildlife while travelling through the newly opened Jam- beroo Pass.

The post states that over the past 10 years, there have been a total of 1384 crashes involving animals that have resulted in injury or death. It is unclear if this statistic is for NSW or the whole of Australia. The NSW Department of Transport says on its website that 1 in every 41 crashes resulting in injury or death on country roads involve a vehicle hitting an animal.

Kiama drivers have also sighted red deer even as far south as Minnamurra on the highway.

NSW Police Media told The Bugle that cows on the road are a local council matter including any safety messaging.

Kiama Council told The Bugle it was unaware of any records of cows loose around Jamberoo and were unaware of an incident where vehicles had struck cows.

by Mark Whalan

The $500,000 project received funding in 2018 through the Regional Growth Environment and Tourism Fund.

Councillor Warren Steel told The Bugle that the staircase has been of

The walking track was opened in 1989 by then Sports and Recreation Minister Robert Smith in acknowledgement of the important local heritage value of the blue metal quarry that occupied the site for many decades. It’s not just popular for the metals, though. The waves striking the tall personal interest to him for the past decade.

He is still keen for the side track to be called “Thunder Track” as a translation of the local Indigenous Bombo. The name change was accepted by Council in 2014 but rejected by the NSW Government’s Geographical Names Board in 2015. Another suggested Indigenous name is Muru Bombo, which is Bombo Track in the local language. The current name is the Bombo Headland Eco Walk. One feature of the walking track is it allows access to the World Geological Heritage site at Bombo Headland.

The World Geological Heritage Site was proclaimed in 1999 as an acknowledgment that the discovery that the Earth’s Magnetic Poles actually reversed was captured in the cooling lava of one of basalt columns of the Headland can reach great heights and are very popular with photographers worldwide.

Bombo Headland was a major basalt quarry for many years with the crushed metal taken by train for construction material. The entire Headland was hollowed out when it was an active quarry site and employed hundreds of workers. The quarry was also a location site for the movie Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers in 1994 and was featured as the backdrop for the iconic opening and closing scenes of the beloved ABC TV comedy series Aunty Jack which was produced in 1972. Many other music clips, TV ads, and TV series such as Neighbours have used the quarry backdrop as a filming location.

By Mark Whalan

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