Sentences with phrase «carved granite rocks»

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Built more than 120 years ago the Kuranda Scenic Railway is a two - hour journey taking you past the mountainous walls of the Barron Gorge National Park, through 15 hand carved, solid granite rock tunnels, 37 bridges and past tumbling rainforest waterfalls.

A major attraction here is Remarkable Rocks, a seaside collection of enormous orange - lichen - covered granite boulders carved into strange shapes by millions of years of rain, wind and waves.

We ruminated on the use of stone tablets mirroring the silhouettes of the mountains behind them, and staircases carved into massive granite rocks, that lead to nowhere.

The river rises near Mont - aux - Sources and flows 2 000 kilometres across the country, traversing major rock formations, carving deep gorges and canyons in old granite and ancient quartzites, defying gravity down waterfalls, and flooding plains used for farming, en route.

Walk among Remarkable Rocks, ancient granite boulders carved by the elements.

You'll also get to walk among the phenomenon that is the Remarkable Rocks — ancient granite carved into massive natural sculptures by the elements.

Then to Remarkable Rocks, via the spectacular coastline of Cape du Couedic, where the forces of nature have carved modern sculptures out of the granite.

Museums, palaces, carved granite obelisks, rock - hewn churches and ancient remains; all this combined with spectacular landscapes and much more, is waiting for you in this historic, beautiful and diverse country.

through hand - carved solid, granite rock tunnels, and past tumbling rainforest waterfalls.