NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. NPWS manages more than 870 NSW national parks and reserves, covering over 7 million hectares of land.
There are at least 800 known sites in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, the traditional home of the Darramuragal people.
Little Devils Rock at Maroota is a significant Aboriginal engraving site, which has a number of motifs including a large Baiame and a Daramulan figure.
A clearly engraved site, featuring a detailed carving of an echidna and a very long line of mundoes (footprints).
This sacred cave depicts generations of markings and drawings, with 857 motifs (mainly handprints) – the largest assemblage of motifs of any currently known sites.
A fairly demanding walk along an undulating ridge to Taffys Rock, a large sandstone platform that provides panoramic views over the Hawkesbury River and Cowan Creek
A short bushwalk along Gundah Ridge, with some nice views over Berowra Creek
Four interrelated sites around the America Bay track at West Head, depicting different scenes. Two are easily accessed from the America Bay Track.
Above the Gosford Railway Dams in Narara is an Aboriginal engraving site which includes a speared man, eel and fish.
The Narara Dam bushwalk through Darkinjung Land in Gosford crosses Fountain Creek and descends to the Narara Railway Dams.
An off-track walk from Dargan (on Chifley Road) to Goochs Crater in the Blue Mountains. This is a longer and more scenic route to an enormous natural crater (and doesn’t require a 4WD).