Hermit's Cave

Local nameHermit's Cave
LocationGriffith, New South Wales, Australia

The Hermit's Cave is a heritage-listed complex of stone structures on Scenic Hill on the northeastern outskirts of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia.

Misleadingly called 'The Hermit's Cave', the site in reality comprises a complex of shelters, terraced gardens, exotic plants, water-cisterns, dry-stone walling and linking bridges, stairways and paths that stretch intermittently across more than a kilometre of the escarpment. Made single-handedly by a reclusive Italian migrant, Valerio Ricetti, these structures involved the moving of hundreds of tons of stone and earth, together with the ingenious incorporation of natural features in the landscape.

The site is recognised for being a rare example of an Australian hermit's domain. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 12 January 2007.

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Hermit's Cave: SHR Plan… @ Heritage Division
 

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit's_Cave

Address (Unnamed Road), Griffith 2680, Australia

Coordinates -34°16'3.23" N 146°4'30.646" E

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