Budgong Sandstone

Budgong Sandstone is a lithic sedimentary rock occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia. This stratum is up to 370 metres thick. Formed in the Late Permian,^[1] it consists mostly of tuffaceous material from local Illawarra volcanic rocks. Budgong Sandstone is reddish brown to grey in colour. It creates soils which are associated with rainforest vegetation.^[2]

Budgong Sandstone, exposed near Lake Illawarra, Australia

See also

• Sydney Basin
• Bald Hill Claystone
• Narrabeen group