West Head, part of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and only 90min from Sydney, has a variety of short walks… secluded beaches, off-track routes and rocky outcrops with views over Pittwater. Within West Head are many Aboriginal engravings sites and remains of WWII fortifications,
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.