Please don’t walk beyond the fencing to stand or sit on Wedding Cake Rock. The dangerously unstable nature of this rock and the cliff edges around it is a risk to your safety. All cliff edges along the Australian coastline are potentially dangerous and susceptible to erosion or gradual sinking.

“Wedding Cake Rock’s appeal, the white layers of sandstone, are also what make this site so unstable. The pure white colour of the rock is caused by iron leaching, which makes the sandstone layers dangerously soft,” she said.

The white colour is caused by iron leaching, which makes the sandstone layers dangerously soft, prone to cracking and at very high risk of collapse. For your safety, please don’t stand or sit on the rock, or venture too close to cliff edges.

How to Get to Wedding Cake Rock. Wedding Cake Rock is just north of Marley Beach in Royal National Park, Sydney. The nearest access is via a 3km (1.8 mile) walk along the Coast Track from Bundeena to Wedding Cake Rock. (It is Stop 3 on the Royal National Park Coastal Walk Map).

Unlike the iron-rich and orange-tinged sandstone found across the rest of the area, Wedding Cake Rock is a light limestone. Its peculiar shape is the result of a fortuitous original formation and millions of years of erosion. Suspended at 82 feet above sea level, the cuboid rock is almost impossibly scenic.

Only an hour’s drive from Sydney, Bundeena to Marley Beach track in Royal National Park is one of the most scenic coastal walks in Sydney.

4.2 miles
The Wedding Cake Rock hike is a 6.8 kilometre (4.2 miles) walk. Allow 2 hours return (there and back). There is a locked gate at the end of Beachcomber Ave, Bundeena. This is the start of the Coast Track.

Just take the train to Cronulla (it’s approx 1 hour from Town Hall), then the ferry over to Bundeena (ferry timetable here), where it’s then a short walk over to the starting point of the hike at the end of Beachcomber Avenue. Then follow the signs to Wedding Cake Rock and continue on from there to Big Marley Beach.

The Bundeena Drive to Marley walk is a moderately challenging bush trail in Royal National Park that leads to two beautiful beaches….Quick Navigation:

Marley Trk and Bundeena Drive is by; Car. A park entry fee is required for driving into the park.

During total fire bans, the track to Wedding Cake Rock is closed. Check alerts and closures for Royal National Park before you visit. It’s a good idea to visit toilet facilities before starting your journey, and carry enough food and drinking water for the return trip.

Wedding Cake Rock. Wedding Cake Rock is a popular and very fragile rock formation located along the challenging Coast track in Sydney’s Royal National Park.

Wedding Cake Rock in Royal National Park is a beautiful oddity: a vivid white cliff edge when everything surrounding it is yellow sandstone. It’s a completely natural rock formation and it’s so photogenic that it has been drawing crowds for years.

From this weekend, park rangers will have the authority to issue on-the-spot fines of at least $300 for sightseers who ignore the warning signs, jump the fence and risk their lives for a picture. From this weekend, people taking photos on Wedding Cake Rock will be fined by authorities. Picture: Instagram.