I joined Bob, Doug and Nipper for a very interesting walk out along Shark Rock Ridge in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park.
The ridge in a little to the north of Berowra Station, and to reach it, it is necessary to walk along the Motorway for a bit. This is the worst bit of the walk. We left Berowra Station and crossed the railway line and then the motorway on bridges, then turned north and followed a rough track near the motorway. At one point, we went the wrong way and followed a track into a homeless person’s camp, and the resident showed us the right way.
The fringe of the motorway is unpleasant – because of the constant vehicle noise and the abundant rubbish.
When we reached the ridge, there is a reasonable rough track to follow. A short way along, we turned off to visit the first art site – an engraving site just above the motorway.
Here, there is an engraving of an Emu and an Emu chick.
We then regained the main track and continued along the ridge.
We reached the next art site. Here there is a stingray and a number of engraved kangaroos.
This in a bandicoot engraving –
Boomerang engraving –
We next left the main track to look for an art cave.
We found the cave, but there was only this charcoal motif –
Further along the ridge, there was a nice tessellated pavement –
We continued along the track.
e then reached the next engraving site. Here is an iguana –
And a human figure –
There was a also a huge whale engraving at the site.
The net site was at another area covered with tessellations.
Here is one of two koala engravings –
And this was a good place to stope for lunch.
There were also some shield engravings. Just above the shield is a second koala engraving.
Another shield –
Partial human figure –
Another shield –
Emu –
We also found some insulators, the remains of an old telephone line that went from near the railway line to Cottage Point.
The others walked out a bit further to look at another site, while I started walking back. It was quite pleasant walking back along the ridge.
And then – the last part back, along the motorway.