Sphinx or penis ?

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An interesting rock that looks like a Sphinx ... or something else  :-)

- Location:  Ben Bullen State Forest, NSW, Australia
                    2.25 km north-north-west of Baal Bone Gap
                    Exactly halfway between Mercurys Boot and Baal Bone Point.
  If you walk along the ridge from Baal Bone Gap to Baal Bone Point, you won't miss it.

- Map:  Ben Bullen
- Grid Reference:  280 205
- Date:  2020-09-05 and 2020-10-15  Photographed during bushwalks

( A detailed trip report of the 2020-09-05 bushwalk is in this link:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com/2020/09/mercurys-boot-ben-bullen-to-baal-bone.html
In particular, the 2 pictures below are photos #32 and #33 of the link. )

After the trip, I registered the rock in BushExplorers Encyclopaedia as "Baal Sphinx Rock"
because it looks like a Sphinx.
( Refer to this link: https://www.bushexplorers.com.au/encyclopaedia/baal-sphinx-rock )


It could be worse.
I could have submitted the picture below and registered a different name  :-)
Looks like a human body part  :-)

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Faces on rocks

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On the trip to climb Mt Touwouwan near Dunns Swamp in Wollemi National Park, NSW, Australia, I keep seeing faces on rocks.
( Photos and a write up on the climb are in my blog:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/mt-touwouwan-wollemi-nat-pk-nsw.html )

Below are 4 faces from the above mentioned blog.  Has anyone noticed them besides me?

1)  Taken at Pagoda Lookout, a detour on the way to climb Mt Touwouwan ~~~
Actually it looks more like the Sphinx.

I have been climbing on the rocks. For example, I was on top of the rock pointed to by the red arrow ... see my trip report in the above mentioned blog

2)  Taken on the return trip after climbing Mt Touwouwan ~~~
This one looks like the face of a frog.

3)  On the bank of Cudgegong River ~~~
This face even has a tougue.

4)  Also on the bank of Cudgegong River ~~~
A happy Buddha

Faces I saw on other climbing trips:

- A face-like rock near the summit of Tinderry Twin, NSW, Australia ... click on this link:
http://onemanadreaming.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/face-like-rock.html

- A face on Microstrobos Falls along Linkdeman Pass, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia ... click on this link:
http://onemanadreaming.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/face-on-microstrobos-fallsjpg.html

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