Sublime Point
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Sublime Point is a feature of the Illawarra Escarpment west of Austinmer in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.{{Cite web |title=Sublime Point |url=https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/6b59f047-4b07-41fe-9015-09fcf423dacc |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Geographic Names Board |publisher=New South Wales Government}} It is a summit (415m elevation) on the plateau edge where the escarpment turns to go in a more northerly direction from a more northeasterly direction. The surrounding parkland area was proclaimed in 1925 as Lady Fuller Park by the New South Wales Government.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223035481 |title=Lands Department Notices. PROCLAMATION OF LADY FULLER PARK, SUBLIME POINT. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=80 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 June 1925 |accessdate=14 April 2017 |page=2573 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The summit has a cafe and lookout and is visited regularly. Sublime Point Lookout may be reached by road from the Princes Highway above Austinmer, or by a walking track from Austinmer and Thirroul.
The name also applies to several less well known geographical features in Australia, including one in the Blue Mountains, and several places across the world.
References
External links
- [http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkSector.aspx?id=N0620&s=20080510000000137 DECC | Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area - Bulli to Sublime Point]
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Category:Geography of Wollongong
Category:Lookouts in Australia
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