Bob and myself headed up to Fiddletown to walk along Coba Ridge in Marramarra National Park. We had pleasant weather on our walk – where we were mainly looking for Aboriginal art sites.
We found a number of pretty good Aboriginal art sites – some rock engraving sites, and an art cave, but we also experienced an amazing display of wildflowers.
I had been to this area many years ago, when I mountain biked out along the ridge.
Grevillea sp.
This is thought to be an Aboriginal scar tree –
Here is the art cave we visited, a short way from the fire road –
The iDStretch app on my mobile phone was good for revealing a lot of hand stencils not visible to the human eye.
And along the fire road we also saw a number of orchids.
Spotted Sun Orchid – Thelymitra ixioides
Boronia sp.
Spotted Sun Orchid – Thelymitra ixioides
All along this ridge, the wildflowers were stunning.
Glossodia minor – Small Wax-lip Orchid
Glossodia minor – Small Wax-lip Orchid
This rock engraving site was on a side ridge –
This kangaroo engraving is easily visible –
There is another engraving here –
Splashing water on the engraving reveals some detail. It is a human figure –
We walked further along the ridge for some views –
Spotted Sun Orchid – Thelymitra ixioides
On the walk back, the Sun was in a different position, so I splashed more water on the engraving –
And there was also second, smaller kangaroo engraving –
Some more views of the figure engraving –
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Spotted Sun Orchid – Thelymitra ixioides
Boronia sp.
We then visited another engraving site.
Aboriginal well –
There was an engraving here, but it was very hard to discern in the light we had. And there was no pool of water nearby to splash over it.
I did splash a bit of water over this one to reveal, perhaps, part of a bird –
Glossodia minor – Small Wax-lip Orchid
This was the last engraving site we visited. It features four kangaroo engravings.
One of the kangaroo engravings was very hard to discern – here it is (upside down – the head is towards the bottom of the photo) –
This was a very interesting and enjoyable walk, in unfamiliar country.