Ropes are needed to scale the cliffs and slippery, steep terrain.

Halfway up the mountain is Goat House Cave, a former shelter for 19th-century Kentia palm gatherers.

From this spot, visitors can see nesting masked boobies and numerous red-tailed tropicbirds.

[4] Palm species growing on the mountain include Hedyscepe and Lepidorrhachis.

[5] The North Ridge of Mount Lidgbird was climbed for the first time on 21 August 2011 by Greg Mortimer OAM and Dick Smith AC.