In late 1813 Surveyor Evans followed the route set by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth across the Blue Mountains and then proceeded further west to find areas of arable land suitable for farming. He crossed the Great Dividing Range and near the Fish River he found "a remarkable sugarloaf hill having a stone peak on it " which he named after himself. Nowadays the small hamlet of Tarana nestles nearby in between Mt Tarana and Evans Crown. Granite tors are strewn everywhere on the hill adjacent to the Crown Rock and provide some great scenery - the geology is outstanding. The National Parks have constructed a path up the hill from Honeysuckle Falls Road to the top of the range. The climb up is not that long or high (about 250 metres) but once up there you can wander amongst the giant boulders searching for interesting formations or out onto ledges to get great views of the countryside and farmlands to the east and  west. We did this walk in mid July 2014 on a beautiful winter's day. After reaching the top of the hill we spent the next few hours wandering amongst the giant granite boulders in a southerly direction. The Crown Rock itself is magnificent, but it's not easy to get up on top of it unless you are a rock climber. On the way you see smooth faced rounded tors that seem to have been placed unnaturally cantilvered out on a base of another granite rock. Boulders sit on multiple layers of boulders in weird positions and if you proceed a kilometre or so south of the Crown Rock you come across a multiple layer lot of tors with a tree amazingly growing out of the top of the uppermost one.   Instead of going back along the ridge we cut back down the hill towards Honeysuckle Creek Road and came across some other massive boulders near the base of the hill. One of them distinctly has the shape of a whale. After an enjoyable morning we adjourned to the Tarana pub for a slightly late but very delicious lunch and amber sandwich. Add Media