After years of crossing the top of Jamison Pass, we explore what lies beneath: a cliff-base traverse, a narrow passage through piled boulders, and a way back onto the familiar skyline.

An off-track loop through the pagoda country above Bungleboori Creek, weaving between sandstone walls, narrow slots and spring time heath in Newnes State Forest.

From a remote camp on the Wolgan–Capertee Divide, a day of pagodas, dense regrowth, hidden sandstone architecture and vast views leads to Blue Rock Gap.

A journey along one of the Gardens of Stone's most remarkable skylines, where changing pagoda landscapes, immense cliffs and sweeping valley views matter far more than the destination itself.

Rising alone from the Wolgan Valley floor, Donkey Mountain is topped by a maze of pagodas, slot canyons and sandstone chambers. In 2022, not long after the devastating bushfires, we spent a day exploring only a small part of this extraordinary mesa.