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.
A short, off-track bushwalk in Wollemi National Park off the Box Tree Clearing Trail (Lilavale Track), to visit and record a shelter with Aboriginal hand stencils.
An isolated rock shelter west of Box Tree Clearing Trail has about 15 Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre along the rear wall.
A long but shallow overhang with multiple Aboriginal hand stencils, near the Lilavale Track.
A small shelter with Aboriginal rock art, just outside the Wollemi National Park. The deep overhang has a number of hand stencils, as well as one of a hand and a club.
A recently “discovered” shelter with Aboriginal rock art, just outside the Wollemi National Park. The shelter has over a hundred hand stencils.
The pristine and photogenic Pearly Ponds swimming hole (in Pearl Beach) is reached by a 30min walk along a rough bush track.
The Pearl Beach Waterfall is a picturesque and fairly secluded waterfall along Greeen Point Creek, near Pearl Beach.
An Aboriginal engraving site above Green Point Creek near Pearl Beach, which has very weathered carvings.
A partly off-track bushwalk around the Waratah Track and up to the Arden Trig to catch the sunset.
A small Aboriginal engraving site which depicts “a fleeing kangaroo, and an emu with 2 chicks, a “common site in the locality”. The site has extensive views.