| Name |
Description |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Calga Springs
|
In "Australian Walkabout Park" (entry fee payable) is
a beautiful speared emu on a rock ledge looking to the West. Nearby
is a cave with red-ochre stencilled hands. Just up the hill is a
wallaby and a crescent. |
33.42594 (emu)
33.42582 (wallaby) |
151.21862 (emu)
151.21907 (wallaby) |
| Girrakool |
Just off the F3 freeway, in Brisbane Waters National Park, is
a delightful spot with some modest rock engravings. |
33.43221 |
151.27818 |
| Bulgandry |
In Brisbane waters NP, at Bulgandry on Woy Woy Road. Wonderful
site with many beautiful carvings, including "Bulgandry"
himself. |
33.45372 |
151.28590 |
Woy Woy
|
On a beautiful rock shelf overlooking Woy Woy is a fascinating
collection of animals and symbols, including a strange set of "rabbits". |
33.47585 |
151.29257 |
Maroota 1 (Old Northern Road)
|
(under construction)
Round sandstone next to main road, with several large but faint
carvings. |
33.47804 |
151.01083 |
| Resolute engravings, Kuringai
NP |
Starting from the Resolute picnic area, the track takes you first
to the paintings at Red Hands Cave, then to some rock engravings
(600 m along the track), then to a shelter site. There are two engravings
to L and R of the platform at the Resolute site |
33.58179 |
151.29891 |
| Echidna track, Kuringai NP |
A short, easy track takes you around some outstanding engravings.
Many engravings, including a long series of “footprints”
to the S, and the now rather faint but rare echidna engraving. |
33.58390
|
151.28314 |
| Basin Track, Kuringai NP |
Superb rock engravings, including figures of people, fish and
kangaroos. Probably the most photographed carvings in NSW! |
33.59297
|
151.28230 |
| Berowra Waters |
Unusual vertical rock with a complex of carvings. |
33.59699 |
151.12550 |
America bay track, Kuringai NP
|
(under construction)
Just off the path, near the start of the track. In a small clearing
is a flat rock with several enormous engravings |
33.60017
|
151.27156 |
Berowra Heights
|
(under construction) |
33.607 |
151.133 |
Topham Track, Kuringai NP
|
(under construction) |
33.617 |
151.262 |
Lovers & Whale, Kuringai
NP
|
A sadly damaged and difficult-to-reach site for the intrepid and
dedicated. |
33.62530 |
151.26162 |
| Elvina Track, Kuringai NP |
Enormous site with many engravings |
33.64365
|
151.26398 |
Mount Kuringai Aboriginal area
|
(under construction)
Large rock between railway and pacific highway with an enormous
Baiame, and footprints with many toes. |
33.64907 |
151.13708 |
Shaws Creek, Hawkesbury Lookout
|
(under construction)
Two leaping kangaroos accompanied by a dingo, but the dingo is
probably modern. |
33.66196 |
150.65692 |
| Gibberagong Track |
A small but interesting engraving site together
with a number of axe-grinding grooves, a pleasant 10-minute walk
from the Bobbin Head car park. |
33.66663 |
151.15597 |
Terrey Hills emu site
|
A solitary emu on a ledge with beautiful views over Cowan Water,
but probably not an aboriginal engraving! |
33.66804 |
151.17443 |
| Bobbin Head Track |
A beautiful engraving site just a few metres from
the well-walked Bobbin Head Track, and an easy 20 minutes from your
car. |
33.67735 |
151.15934 |
Terrey Hills Hunting
site
|
A beautiful small site with a well-endowed man, two kangaroos,
and two women. Possibly a ceremonial hunting site. |
33.69550 |
151.21025 |
Westleigh
|
(under construction)
At end of Quarter Session Road, on NW corner of loop of road,
wooden sign next to road. |
33.6997 |
151.0767 |
Tycehurst Park, Faulconbridge
|
On a ledge overlooking the Blue Mountains are three emus, and
a number of mundoes and axe-grinding grooves. |
33.70565 |
150.52417 |
|
Kangaroo St., Lawson |
A single kangaroo in good condition on a flat rock in a small
reserve, close to road and houses.
|
33.71561 |
150.44421 |
Wheeler heights
|
(under construction) |
33.73264 |
151.2554 |
Bantry Bay
|
Large engraving site on the edge of the Garigal National Park,
with a wide range of engravings, including animals, people, symbols,
and a whale. |
33.7670 |
151.2335 |
| Gumbooya |
Located in residential suburban Allambie heights, in a fenced
off reserve with views over Sydney Harbour. Includes an enormous
whale and many smaller engravings. |
33.7748 |
151.2607 |
Grotto Point
|
(under construction)
A well-maintained engraving site, with several engravings, located
on a headland overlooking North Harbour. |
33.816 |
151.262 |
Balls Head Reserve
|
(under construction)
Headland reserve in Sydney harbour with an important engraving
site, plus a midden and rock shelter. |
33.843 |
151.195 |
| Berry Island Reserve |
(under construction) |
33.840 |
151.189 |
Bondi Golf Course
|
Horizontal engravings marked by local council
|
33.88618 |
151.28533 |
Ben Buckler, Bondi
|
A solitary turtle, the regrooved remains of a large site |
33.89288 |
151.28291 |
Tamarama
|
A beautiful large engraving of a shark and fish next to the Tamarama-Bondi cliff path |
33.89924
|
151.27547 |
Jibbon Head, near Bundeena
|
(under construction) |
34.082
|
151.168
|
| These are just a few of the
thousands of aboriginal engraving sites around Sydney. The traditional
owners and their representatives have asked that the locations of
other sites be kept private to protect them and maintain their sanctity. |
