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Amazing Aboriginal Art at Wilton, Cave Creek and a Historic Viaduct at Picton – 19 June 2025

Both Bob and myself were keen to look at an Aboriginal art cave in the Wilton area on the Southern Highlands. The cave seems to lie on crown land, near a creek, but was not easy to reach. The first … Continue reading

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Aboriginal Sites on the Irvine Range – 12 June 2025

Bob and myself had a very interesting walk on the ridge north of Mt Irvine visiting three Aboriginal sites. Two were caves with ochre art, and the third was a well known site on the Tessellated Pavement. The first site … Continue reading

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Blue Mountains Waterfall Walk – 22 May 2025

Bob and myself usually go for a bushwalk on Thursdays, and on this Thursday the forecast was not the best – rain. And a lot of it. We thought of canceling, but also thought that it could be a good … Continue reading

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More Aboriginal Art Sites on Kings Tableland – 8 May 2025

Bob and myself travelled back out to Kings Tableland to look at some more Aboriginal art sites. We found most of the sites we were after, but they were not as impressive as the ones seen a week earlier, but … Continue reading

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Aboriginal Art Sites on Kings Tableland – 2 May 2025

Bob and myself travelled up to Kings Tableland to look at a number of Aboriginal art sites. Most of these were in caves on the side of a fairly remote ridge. But the walk was well worth it – as … Continue reading

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Coba Ridge Walk – 29 August 2024

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 … Continue reading

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Ida Falls Walk (and a Visit to the Clarence Caves) – 25 July 2024

Ida Falls is a waterfall close to Lithgow, and is located near the old Zig Zag Railway. It is one place that I have never visited and been on my list of places to visit for a while (like Ahearn … Continue reading

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More Aboriginal Art on West Head – 4 July 2024

With more wet weather forecast, Bob and myself decided on another visit to West head to continue looking for Aboriginal sites. Wet rock platforms make the often very faint engravings much easier to discern. So that was a good reason … Continue reading

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Aboriginal Art Walk – 28 June 2024

Bob and myself decided to head up to the Blue Mountains and walk out along a ridge to looks for some Aboriginal sites. It was to an area we had visited before – but not to the particular ridge we … Continue reading

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Mowlee Ridge Walk – 24 June 2024

This was an interesting walk in Royal National Park, along the Mowlee Ridge, following the Little Marley Firetrail from the Bundeena Road to Little Marley. It was a ridge I have not visited before (except for the bottom section on … Continue reading

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