Tesselate Hill is a little secret
in the Blue Mountains in NSW, Australia.
Not many people know about this place,
let alone visit it.
But it is well known
to the savvy Blue Mountains bushwalkers
for its tessellated rock patterns
on a large flat platform.
Although it is relatively common
to see rocks with tessellation patterns;
yet it is very unusual to see them
covering such a large area as in Tesselate Hill.
Photos & detailed bushwalking trip report
to this area are in this link:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com/2019/08/tesselate-hill-unnamed-734-meter-hill.html
Some sample picture are posted below.
By the way, there is only one "l" in "Tesselate" Hill.
That is how it is spelt in the maps.
Pictures - taken in 2019 July
Tessellated Pavements at Tesselate Hill
1) From where the car is parked,
it takes 30 mins to climb
to the summit of Tesselate Hill.
Then another 15 mins to reach here,
Tessellated Pavements.
2) Tessellated Pavements
3) Tessellated Pavements
4) Tessellated Pavements
5) A human face ... hhmmm ...
- Perhaps ET's face 😊
Aboriginal engraving
Still at Tessellated Pavements area.
6) An aboriginal engraving.
I can only find one.
If there are more, please let me know.
To unnamed 734-meter hill
7) Then it is to explore an unnamed 734-meter hill
north of Tesselate Hill.
- Red arrow: The unnamed 734-meter hill
- Yellow arrows: The way to reach there
- White oval: Wollangambe River
8) Interesting rock face.
- On the way to the unnamed 734-meter hill
9) Interesting cave.
- On the way to the unnamed 734-meter hill
At 734-meter hill summit
10) At summit of the unnamed 734-meter hill.
- There are many patches of
tessellated rock patterns,
but not a large contiguous area as in
Tesselate Hill.
11) One of the many patches
of tessellated rock patterns at
the summit of the unnamed 734-meter hill.
12) Here is another patch
of tessellated rock patterns.
There are more patches than the ones
shown above.
Go there and check them out for yourself.
Return to Tesselate Hill and the car
Then it is retracing steps back to the car.
13) This photo is facing Tesselate Hill.
It shows the route to the unnamed 734-meter hill.
- Left red arrow: Just behind the ridge is
where our car is parked.
- Right red arrow: Summit of Tesselate Hill
- Yellow oval: Tessellated Pavements
- Yellow arrows: Route we took
to the unnamed 734-meter hill
(along top of a ridge)
- White oval: Wollangambe River
More photos & detailed trip report in this link:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com/2019/08/tesselate-hill-unnamed-734-meter-hill.html
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