Calcified Forest Track

A bit different from rest of KI

Visited here as part of a tour of the island. Site is accessed via short and not unpleasant bushwalk from the carpark, with two or three wallabies spotted along the way. The site itself is fairly smal...

A must do on King Island

Tucked away in the southwest of King Island in the Seal Rocks State Reserve this is rightly one of the Must Do's on this small island. A short walk (630 meters) from the car park, or about 4km from ne...

Fascinating and combine with other features in the area

A trip to the south west corner of King Island is recommended. The roads are gravel but ok. Watch out for wallabies at all hours of the day. The calcified forest is fascinating and a nice and easy 600...

Very Interesting Geology

Once a forest but these calcified tree roots were never trees. That is the introduction to the story behind this remarkable geological formation known as the calcified forest. Great for photography, n...

Very interesting. A bit of a desert in the middle of lush vegetation. Free entry.

The Calcified Forest is comprised of hundreds of unusually shaped limestone features sticking up in a large otherwise sandy area. According to the notice boards these formed after calcium carbonate st...