Walsh's Pyramid - Foto stock

Walsh's Pyramid is the highest freestanding natural pyramid in the world. The tree covered pyramid is a natural phenomenon that is one of the most distinctive landmarks for the small sugar-farming town of Gordonvale to the south of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Walsh's Pyramid is used for hiking. The mountain known as Bundadjarruga in the local Aboriginal dialect is 922 metres tall, and quite steep so you need to be fit and healthy to make the climb. For experienced hikers, the ascent and descent can take approximately 3 hours. An annual footrace is held on the second Saturday in August, to its summit. Situated at the northern end of Wooroonooran National Park, within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Walsh's Pyramid is a granite core left standing in the form of a pointed hill when older, less resistant metamorphic rocks were eroded away. A scrub fire burning up the steep slope creates a smoke plume visible from the township plains.