A wet day was forecast, so a short set of walks in Maroota State Conservation Area, near the Hawkesbury River, to look for some Aboriginal art caves seemed like a good plan. I was with Bob, Doug and Nipper.
On the way to the start, we passed this Tardis. It was in the front of a property on Cattai Creek Road.
We talked to the owner. Let’s call him “The Doctor”. He said he had built it as a Covid Lockdown project. We did not look inside – so i don’t know if it was bigger on the inside than the outside.
We then reached our start point and walked into the conservation area.
Site #1
This cave featured some faint hand stencils done in red ochre.
Or a wider view –
Site #2
This was a small cave that had some charcoal art.
The right hand motif looks like a kangaroo of wallaby.
Site #3
We were at the right cave, but could not see any art in it. It may have faded away too much or exfoliated.
As it was raining, we found a larger overhang for lunch out of the rain. Nipper spotted this Echidna. It was in a bull ant nest.
Rock Orchid.
I think we had made the most of a rather damp day.