Kanangra Walls has been called the most beautiful place in Australia. For almost half a century the author returned to Kanangra time and again — either just to mooch around its glorious lookouts, or to explore its great flanking precipices and canyons.

For a spot that is barely three hours drive from Sydney CBD, it is almost a sin that every Sydney-sider has not made the easy pilgrimage to Kanangra, where raw vista begets great beauty, where one can see the city skyline — and yet be in another world.