Balancing Rock - Chillagoe Mungana Caves

The Balancing Rock is a most spectacular giant monolith that looks as if it could topple over at any minute

Balancing rocks occur in the rocky limestone outcrops, towers, and bluffs of the karst topography around Chillagoe. These geological formations are created by the action of slightly acidic rainwater. This percolates into the cracks, crevices, and fissures of the stratified blocks of resistant stone exposed on the surface by the slow wearing away of overlying burden of sandstone.

The rainwater gradually dissolves the limestone and widens the cracks until individual blocks are formed and left balancing one upon another .Read more