Saddleback Mountain (New South Wales)
When viewed from Kiama and Shellharbour it has a distinctive saddle-shaped peak and is connected to the southernmost tip of the Illawarra Escarpment (though the escarpment itself continues into Kangaroo Valley), Noorinan Mountain by a high ridge, on which is Hoddles Track, built by early surveyor Hoddle and which once stretched from Bowral to Kiama before a more suitable route was found quickly over the escarpment.Saddleback lookout, near the electric towers on the summit and the western and southern lookouts, has fine views and is popular with tourists and motorists who drive up the winding picturesque road to the summit[citation needed] which passed dairy country common in the area.The foothills go down to Kiama and Gerringong and the sea and down to Jamberoo Valley and the Minnamurra River.On the eastern ridge of the mountain is Saddleback House and in the northern foothills is Jerrara Dam, the region's first water supply, built in the 19th century.Approximately three kilometres (1.9 mi) south is Fox Mountain, an extension of Saddleback with its own peak.
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