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Australia - NSW National Parks

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.

AWAT7347 LR enhanced Mount Murray Anderson Weathered Kangaroo
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Mount Murray Anderson Weathered Kangaroo

A very weathered kangaroo at the edge of one of the rock platforms along the Mount Murray Anderson ridge.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsSeptember 1, 2024 ago
1X3A6490 LR Lyre Trig Man & Mundoes
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Man & Mundoes

A very weathered and faint Aboriginal engraving of a man on top of Mount Lyre (next to Lyre Trig)

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 27, 2024 ago
1X3A6648 LR Lyre Trig Wallabies and Eels
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Wallabies and Eels

An interesting Aboriginal engraving site below Lyre Trig in Kariong; most figures are very weathered or have been buried by soil and vegetation.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 27, 2024 ago
1X3A6569 LR Lyre Trig Lizard
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Lizard

An Aboriginal engraving of a goanna or lizard near Lyre Trig

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 26, 2024 ago
1X3A6527 LR Lyre Trig Copulating Couple
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Copulating Couple

An interesting Aboriginal engraving site near Lyre Trig in Kariong; it depicts what appears to be a copulating couple.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 26, 2024 ago
AWAT1323 LR Lyre Trig Oval and Fish
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Oval and Fish

An Aboriginal engraving of a fish and an oval below Lyre Trig; it is one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 26, 2024 ago
1X3A6431 LR Lyre Trig Ridge Top Figures
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Ridge Top Figures

A small Aboriginal engraving site near the Lyre Trig in Kariong, which has a mundoe and a kangaroo.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 26, 2024 ago
1X3A6471 LR Lyre Trig Man
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Lyre Trig Man

A single Aboriginal engraving of a man below Lyre Trig in Kariong, first documented by W.D. Campbell in 1899.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 26, 2024 ago
1X3A5953 LR Kariong Fire Break Emus
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Kariong Fire Break Emus

An Aboriginal engraving site in Kariong, which has a pair of emus situated on what was an old road.

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 24, 2024 ago
1X3A5946 LR Woy Woy Road No Name Peak engraving
Australia Central Coast Kariong NSW

Woy Woy Road No Name Peak engraving

An Aboriginal engraving of an indeterminate figure near the top of an unnamed hill to the east of Woy Woy Road

By oliverd :-), 2 yearsAugust 24, 2024 ago

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