Warren Steel's vision to incorporate the dramatic landscape at Bombo quarry headland into Kiama's walking track network is one step closer.
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Last month, the veteran Kiama councillor requested a report on the costing of signs and road repairs for a proposed walking track through the old Bombo quarry.
The quarry's strange basalt rock landscape is popular for photographers and television commercials.
Last week councillors and staff visited the site to assess the engineering aspects of the proposal.
Council staff said it appeared minimal engineering works would be needed for a natural walking track.
But more investigation would be needed into the ownership of the land and permits required before the works could be completed and the track promoted for public use.
A report will be tabled at a future council meeting advising of the outcome of this investigation.
Cr Steel believes incorporating the quarry into the walking track network would create an even greater tourist attraction than the popular Kiama Coastal Walk, which stretches from Kiama Heights to Gerringong.
"The idea is moving along quite well, I'd like more than signs and road repairs and will keep pushing for more, I think people are pleased with the idea," Cr Steel said.
The old Bombo quarry, a heritage listed site, is described on the State Heritage Inventory as having an "almost surreal landscape".
"Free-standing rock pillars, varying benches and quarry faces evoke a strange sculptural landscape of rock, sea and sky," the inventory says.
The old quarry is one of the most significant geological sites in NSW.
Part of the headland is occupied by Sydney Water for a sewage treatment plant that opened in 1988, the rest is in the hands of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, but under the care and control of Kiama council.
