The Berowra Valley National Park is a national park about 20km to the north of Sydney, within the Sydney Basin. A 25km stretch of the Great North Walk is located within the national park, and there are a number of hiking trails.
An Aboriginal engraving of an emu and a smaller (indeterminate) figure at Refuge Rock in Cherrybrook.
Hornsby Shire – which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region – contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
An Aboriginal engraving of an eel and several grinding grooves on a rock platform next to the Hawkesbury Track in Berowra.
An Aboriginal rock art site with a small wallaby drawn in red ochre, near the Hawkesbury Track in Berowra
Weathered Aboriginal cave art in red ochre, in a shelter near Lyrebird Gully in Mount Colah
A small and shallow shelter with Aboriginal rock art in Mount Colah, with three weathered figures in charcoal.
Bordered by Wollemi and Yengo National Park, the Parr State Conservation Area has many indigenous heritge sites, including rock engravings, cave pintings and axe grinding grooves.
There are about 300 recorded Aboriginal heritage sites in Wollemi National Park, with the rugged and remote environment meaning many sites are yet to be “discovered” and recorded.
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Aboriginal engraving of an indeterminate object, near the Mitchell Fire Trail