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Bobbin Head

Bobbin Head is a “near-urban” part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, reached via Bobbin Head Road through North Turramurra or Kuringai Chase Road, Mount Colah near Hornsby. It has a picnic area, information centre and boat ramp; a number of bushwalks start here or traverse Bobbin Head.

AWAT4277 LR Cowan Creek Man on Track
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Cowan Creek Man on Track

An Aborginal engraving of what appears to be a man and club in a small shelter near thr Mt Ku-ring-gai Track.

By oliverd :-), 1 yearNovember 11, 2021 ago
Spring Gully Creek cascades
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Spring Gully Creek cascades – where the water cascades over moss-covered rocks

Towards the end of Spring Gully Creek (just before it flows into Cockle Creek) are a few small cascades. Most are only a few feet high, but being surrounded by moss-covered rocks and semi-rainforest, they are very photogenic. Getting to Spring Gully Creek cascades The Spring Gully Creek cascades are Read more…

By oliverd :-), 1 yearSeptember 15, 2021 ago
Frasers Brook Cascades
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Frasers Brook Cascades – small cascades in a secluded location

Frasers Brook Cascades is a very small waterfall along the Cliff Connection Track, where the creek drops into a natural pool.

By oliverd :-), 1 yearAugust 31, 2021 ago
Jacomb Trig Station
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Jacomb trig station

Accessed via the Jacomb Trail (firetrail) with a short off-track section through the bush, the Jacomb Trig Station is mostly depiled.

By oliverd :-), 1 yearAugust 20, 2021 ago
Bobbin Trig Station
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Bobbin Trig

Not far off the Bobbin Head Trail is the Bobbin Trig Station. It’s partly demolished, although much of the stone cairn remains.

By oliverd :-), 1 yearAugust 19, 2021 ago
AWAT9921 LR Cliff Oval Shelter
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Cliff Oval Shelter

Aboriginal cave paintings of a large anthropormophic figure and other motifs in a large shelter, near Cliff Oval.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsJuly 21, 2021 ago
AWAT9507 LR Smiths Creek cave paintings
Australia Northern Beaches NSW Sydney - North

Smiths Creek cave paintings

Aboriginal Shelter with Art (SWA) near Smiths Creek, which has multiple figures drawn in charcoal

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsJune 5, 2021 ago
Shelter with art on Cowan Creek
Australia Ku-ring-gai NSW Sydney - North

Cowan Creek SWA

Hand stencils, a fishtail stencil and charcoal drawings in a smoke-damaged cave on Cowan Creek

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsJune 4, 2021 ago
Charcoal paintings at Apple Tree Bay Shelter
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Apple Tree Bay Shelter

Apple Tree Bay Shelter near Bobbin Head has stencils of two fish and 12 hands one panel, and charcoal drawings on another panel

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsJune 4, 2021 ago
Hand stencil in Boomerang Cave (Apple Tree Bay)
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Boomerang Cave (Apple Tree Bay)

Boomerang Cave (Apple Tree Bay) has white stencils of four hands, a boomerang and a hafted axe

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsJune 4, 2021 ago

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