Local legend says that Murphy's haystacks acquired their name from a Scottish agricultural expert who saw this landmark in the distance whilst travelling on the mail coach. Apparently the gentleman was very impressed with this grouping of pillars which to him looked like haystacks shimmering in the hot afternoon sun.
"That man must harrow" he commented "look at all the hay he has saved".
The land surrounding the haystacks was owned at the time by Denis Drinan Murphy, so "Murphy's Haystacks" they became. The name stuck was passed down through history & is now part of every tourism brochure of the region, even listed on official maps.
Even today, standing on the hilltop where the rocks exist, there is a sense of remoteness, a solitude if you will, that humbles any visitor to Murphys haystacks. The haystacks themselves stand like a silent sentinels, guardians of the view that stetches for miles from atop the hill.
Jan admiring the view over the paddocks
Bob walking along track to more haystacks!!!
Sunset over the haystacks
Witchwae @ the haystacks
We camped here for the night, had the place to ourselves & we were treated to this glorious sunrise
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