By definition a skillion is a "a lean-to serving as a room or a shed" (who said you couldn't learn something today), but this ain't no roof. It's a rock, an escarpment, a cliff, heck, it's a promontory! I would cautiously guess the angle to be 46.37 degrees, give or take. This place is unlikely to be on the destinations list of your local nursing home's tour plan. When I first got here, there weren't even steps or a gardened area, just plain old grass. I don't remember how I actually got up there, but you need some sort of fitness level if you want to make it to the top (did that sound like a pap talk). Once you do get to the top (and it IS easier with those steps) you'll have an amazing 269 degrees vista over the coast and waters. I bet you can see whales pretty well during whale watching season. But can they see you...? read more

I don't even know where to start describing this bad boy. It's, like, a big grassy slope on a 45 degree angle that just goes up and up and ends in a cliff sheer cliff and is great to run up and roll down like you're a kid again and you can see the open ocean from pretty much all the way around and there's an often-muddy football field in the basin-type catchment area in the middle and Terrigal Beach is a short downhill stumble away. ... I already said you can roll down it, right? read more

perfect in any kind of weather. seriously. a challenge for your fitness diary. reward yourself after you smash your quads with an amazing 360 degree view. perfect for the romantic destination on day trips. i have always turned up here day or night to clear my head. :D beautiful place. read more