Flying Fox Pass

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Coordinates 34°40′31″S150°41′43″E / 34.675260°S 150.695379°E / -34.675260; 150.695379

Flying Fox Pass is a locality in the Barren Grounds Nature Reserve in New South Wales, Australia, overlooking the Kangaroo Valley. [1] It is the site of a former flying fox cablecar which lifted valuable timber from the valley to be transported by road and rail systems. Little remains of the flying fox, just a cement plinth and rusted remnants of the wire and winching equipment. A walking track extends to the pass, but dense vegetation growth precludes any vista from the site. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Barren Grounds Nature Reserve" (PDF). BookEasy. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "Kiama 2019" (PDF). kiama.com.au. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "Track Notes: Barren Grounds Nature Reserve". Treks and climbs.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019. ...remnants of the old flying fox that was built just after World War II. The flying fox transported timber from the valley below to supply a sawmill near the entrance of the reserve.