Refuge Ridge Gully Fish Engraving
An Aboriginal engraving of a fish on a large rock platform along a ridge above Refuge Gully.
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a protected area north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. It encompasses coastline, rainforest, bushland and a portion of the Hawkesbury River. The park has significant Aboriginal sites, including ancient red ochre rock paintings and rock engravings, reached via the Red Hands Cave track. West Head lookout and the 19th-century Barrenjoey Lighthouse offer coastal vie
An Aboriginal engraving of a fish on a large rock platform along a ridge above Refuge Gully.
An Aboriginal engraving of a fish near Halletts Beach at West Head.
An Aboriginal hand stencil and small axe stencil in a shelter above Halletts Beach at West Head.
Over sixty Aboriginal hand stencils (as well as two foot stencils) in a small shelter near Halletts Beach at West Head.
A shallow overhang along a ridge above Cottage Rock, which has a single red ochre Aboriginal hand stencil.
A large occupation and rock art shelter near Cottage Rock at West Head, with a single hand stencil.
Very faded red ochre drawings in a shelter above Cottage Rock at West Head.
A shelter at the base of cliffs near Cottage Rock at West Head, which has a number of Aboriginal hand stencils.
A strenuous but rewarding off-track West Head bushwalk which descends from the Wallaroo Trail to Cottage Rock and Halletts Beach, before returning via Refuge Bay.
An Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan figure on a small rock ledge above the Waratah Trail.