Dear John, I assume that you know of the petrified forest IN the lake (Lake Macquarie) near Teralba. It was designated as a reserve because of this. Fell prey to souvenir hunters. John Goswell >As can be seen for more 'locally', a principal interest is in tracing >"petrified forests". There are likely two or three horizons of these in >the coal measures across the Lakes region. The occur on the western margin >(e.g. Fennel Bay) and also, as seen in the 'Swansea-CHB.htm' >abovementioned, there are good occurrences along the coast from Swansea south. >Regards, >John Byrnes > >(Geologist)