Towering hexagonal basalt columns rise from the sea at this abandoned quarry near Kiama — a sunrise photography pilgrimage known as The Boneyard.
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Bombo Quarry, nicknamed The Boneyard, is where NSW does its best Iceland impression. Just north of Kiama, an abandoned 19th-century basalt quarry has left cathedral-like columns of dark volcanic rock standing straight out of the Tasman Sea. At sunrise, waves explode against the hexagonal pillars while golden light rakes across the rock — no wonder it’s a pilgrimage for photographers.
Getting in
Park near Bombo Beach or Bombo railway station and follow the wide gravel track around the headland for about 15 minutes. The quarry floor opens up suddenly between walls of columned basalt. It’s an easy, flat walk, but the rock platforms at the ocean edge are dangerous in big swell — check conditions and keep well back from breaking waves.
