A wet day was forecast for Sydney, and snow was forecast for the mountains. I met up with Bob for our weekly bushwalk, and we contemplated travelling to the Blue Mountains to see the snow, but ended up deciding on a Sydney walk – to look for some Aboriginal engravings.
During the day it was wet and cold. In fact, it turned out to be Sydney’s coldest day for 25 years. But, despite conditions we had a very interesting day. We first visited a major Aboriginal art site.
As is often the case, we parked at a barrier, and walked along a fire road and then took a rough unmarked track along a ridge to the site. On the way we walked through a variety of habitats. Woodland heath. We also passed an old trig station.
When we arrived at an open rocky area, we looked around for Aboriginal art and sharpening grooves. We soon found this figure –
Nearby were some faint sharpening grooves.
The open rock area was very extensive, extending for at least a kilometre.
The Aboriginal art was very extensive. We found quite a bit, but probably missed a lot was well. Here is a circle and another shape –
Two human figures –
Three shields –
A Kangaroo –
Another Kangaroo –
This was a huge human shaped figure with a headdress (or it could be a diety) –
Bob is looking at one of several stone arrangements –
This is another huge human figure –
We continued on to the end of the ridge.
There was a faint very large human figure –
We then retraced our steps and walked back to Bob’s car.
We were very wet when we reached the car. It was still early, so we drove to a second site. This was much closer to houses and development, and only took a few minutes to walk to. It was very impressive. Here the artwork has been retouched.
Kangaroos and a male spirit figure –
The male spirit figure –
There were quite a few large footprints (Mundoes) –
And two female figures –
By this stage we were quite wet and cold. It was time for lunch – but far too wet and cold to sit in the bush. We got changed and headed to a cafe for a walk drink.
Seeing these art sites was very special. Sydney is lucky to still have a lot of bushland on its periphery. And in some of that bushland are some amazing art galleries. These places should be cherished by all.