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An off-track bushwalk from the Great North Walk to the top of Mount Kariong, which is (arguably) the equal tallest peak in Brisbane Water National Park.
An Aboriginal engraving site near Leochares Peak along the Great North Walk which includes overlapping kangaroos, two men and what may be a basket.
An unrecorded Aboriginal rock art art site at West Head, which may be contemporary. It has multiple stencils in red ochre.
An Aboriginal engraving site in Kariong which has ten unusual figures, many of which resemble rabbits (ceremonial figures).
A single engraving of a snake near a firetrail in Kariong.
A single fish engraving near a firetrail in Kariong.
A large rock platform in Kariong on the Central Coast which has three speared animals as well as multiple engraved circles, mundoes and grinding grooves.
There’s hundreds of lookouts in the Blue Mountains, from easily accessible and child-friendly vantage points to informal, unfenced lookouts that are reached by challenging bushwalking trails. Most offer a view of one of the three major valleys that dissect the Blue Mountains: the Grose Valley, Megalong Valley and Jamison Valley. Read more
Three unusual motifs at an Aboriginal engraving site above the Milyerra Trail. They include a large turtle and two figures with head-dresses.
An Aboriginal engraving of a large kangaroo near the Milyerra Trail.