Castlemaine Anticlinal Fold

But for TripAdvisor I would never have found this

We went to this quite amazing geological feature – just lying beside the road. It took some convincing to get my wife out of the car and over to the gutter by the side of the road. It was an anticlina...

Unusual Geological feature

Unusual geological feature which can be seen on the surface by the road. Marked by a plaque where the rocks can be seen.

Deeper stratigraphic level

In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The rock layers in an anticlinal trap were originally laid down horizontally and then earth moveme...

A bend in the rock

The Castlemaine Anticlinal Fold is a bend in the rock, Apparently this is quite unusual, and of great interest to rock doctors. It is near the centre of Castlemaine, which has a rich history of mining...

Go here - then you need to get a life.

We visited the Burke & Wills memorial & this anticlinal was a few hundred metres away. This is incredibly dull & boring unless you are a geologist. No interesting features whatsoever.