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Cape Solander is a popular place for whale-watching with 300,000 tourists coming from all around the world for this activity. This place is also popular for bushwalking, with the nearby Muru and Yena trails close by, with also the Cape Baily Walking Track, which stretches down to
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In June of 2024, two women died when they were swept off the rocks near Cape Solander while walking. A third woman managed to climb onto the rocks to safety.
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near the cape's location. It marks the start of the Cape Baily Walking Track, that heads over to the
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The iconic white rocks that surround the cliffside of Cape Solander, that look like the rocks in
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Cape Solander is located on the Kurnell Peninsula, on the southern side of the
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Fatalities caused by falling from the cliffs have occurred at this location.
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https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/lookouts/cape-solander
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platform for tourists to use when whales migrate in winter.
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is a natural historic site, located near the small town of
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Cape Solander's new whale watching platform | 7NEWS
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Kurnell
34°0′59″S 151°13′54″E / 34.01639°S 151.23167°E / -34.01639; 151.23167
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/lookouts/cape-solander
Kurnell
Kamay Botany Bay National Park
whale watching
humpback whale
southern right whale
grey whale

whale-watching
Kamay Botany Bay National Park
Daniel Solander
Captain James Cook
Kurnell
Cape Baily Lighthouse
Gweagal
Goorawal
Wedding Cake Rock
Hawkesbury Sandstone
Sydney
whale-watching
Sydney CBD
Parramatta Road
King Georges Road
Kamay Botany Bay Nat'l Park
Mormon missionary
selfie

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