Three Sisters (Australia)

The Three Sisters ( German "Three Sisters" ) is a rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are located about 110 kilometers from Sydney and 2.5 kilometers from Katoomba station.

Formation

The Three Sisters emerged from the stratigraphic formation of the Narrabeen Group in front of about 200 million years ago. They are located in a sedimentary basin, the so-called Sydney basin. At the Three Sisters, the horizontally mounted layers of sandstones are clearly seen, which are free scented. This rock has been deposited and solidified in an original river landscape. The rock towers of the Three Sisters were formed by erosion: The poorly cemented quartz grains of this sandstone were eroded by wind, rain, and water; thereby incurred vertical fractures, broke up boulders, while the columnar Three Sisters remained. Another four stumps are to be seen, so it has to have acted earlier to 7 " sisters ".

The orange color is due to an iron oxide, the limonite.

Location and Naming

The Three Sisters are located near the town of Katoomba over the Jamison Valley and are one of the most famous landmarks of the Blue Mountains. Their names are Meehni ( 922 m), Wimlah (918 m, mentioned in numerous sources also Weemala ) and Gunnedoo (906 m).

Dreamtime

An Australian Dreamtime Aboriginal legend has it that the three sisters Meehni, Wimlah, and Gunnedoo here with her father, Tyawan, a witch doctor, lived. Also lived nearby the Bunyip, of whom they were afraid.

One day Meehni startled when she saw a Tausenfüssler and threw this one stone, but rolled over the cliffs. Bunyip woke up and was angry; when he saw the sisters, he went mad going on it. Tyawan took his magic bone and transformed the three closely spaced sisters in three rock towers to protect them.

The Bunyip now turned against Tyawan who related himself into a lyrebird and flew away. He lost his magic bone, he is still looking today; wait the three sisters and hope he finds it soon.

Others

The Three Sisters can be viewed from the adjacent Echo Point, a large viewing platform. The platform on which a gift shop and immediately adjacent to the platform a shop with restaurant, offers a view into the underlying Jamison Valley. Not far from the platform there is the cable car station of the Scenic Skyway, which leads away across the valley. The rock towers, you can go on a hiking path that continues on the Giant Stairway down into the valley. The towers themselves are not accessible.

The nearby neighborhood of Frankfurt city from Katoomba performs a bus route to Echo Point.