Cape Solander lookout takes shape
The new OCULUS-designed lookout at Cape Solander is currently under construction. Photo: Simon Trick.
Construction has commenced on a new OCULUS-designed lookout at Cape Solander, a picturesque sandstone headland within Kamay Botany Bay National Park, on Bidjigal and Gweagal Country.
We have been working with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service on the design and delivery of the project, which forms part of a wider 'Improving Access to National Parks' program.
The project replaces an existing shelter structure that was in poor condition, and also includes improvements to the carpark. The design consists of a series of seating and viewing terraces which cantilever over a sandstone rock shelf to enable multiple viewing points to spot humpback whales during their annual migration along the NSW coast. The main shelter is identified by two separate roof structures whose forms are inspired by humpback whales. Surrounding the shelters are three viewing decks of differing elevations, providing multiple viewing points to spot passing whales.
New interpretive, danger and wayfinding signage will also improve the visitor experience.
