The first part of this walk took us past a sculpture depicting a miner and pit pony and entrance to the ancient coal workings. You can see in one of the photos the grey coal and shale deposits between the sandstone. These were formed 245 to 290 million years ago when this area held vast swamps and deltas. Today, the landscape ranges from open forest and windswept heath, to hanging swamps that cling to the cliff face, and remnant rainforest in the spray zones of waterfalls.
