derm to 'test tourist attraction'!, page-2

Yeah, you just gotta love it bonj. I've been there too. Somehwere near Scone. Not just a tourist attraction, it's a nature reserve. Wonder if someone from DERM would care to take up the invitation to "look down from the viewing platform into the vents where the smoke emerges", with a benzene level meter in hand.

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0503

Burning Mountain Nature Reserve

National Parks and Wildlife Service logoPicnicking, bushwalking, breathtaking valley views and exploring the naturally burning coal seam, makes Burning Mountain a favoured roadside stop off the New England Highway.

Early explorers assumed Burning Mountain's billowing smoke and peak of grey, smoldering ash was an active volcano. In fact, the mountain's naturally-burning coal seam, unique in Australia, is thought to have been smoking away for over 5500 years. After a short pleasant walk, you can look down from the viewing platform into the vents where the smoke emerges.