Salvation Loop Kangaroos and Wombat
Aboriginal engravings of four kangaroos, a wombat and what looks like an emu on a rock platform near the Salvation Loop Track.
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,
Aboriginal engravings of four kangaroos, a wombat and what looks like an emu on a rock platform near the Salvation Loop Track.
A potentially significant site near the Bairne Trig, which has figures of men and women, an unusual shield and what may be a stone arrangement.
The America Bay Waterfall is at the head of America Bay, where the creek drops off a tall cliff onto the rocks below.
The Elvina Waterfall tumbles 25m down a sheer cliff. At the base of the falls is a sandy area surrounded by lush vegetation.
Lovetts Pool is a beautiful natural waterhole; a small waterfall drops into the natural pool. It’s near the Elvina Track (at West Head).
An Aboriginal engraving of a “dancing man”, axe grinding grooves and a water channel on a long rock platform below the Waratak Trail.
A small Aboriginal engraving site in thick scrub, which includes a fsh and an emu in an unusual pose.
Described as a “sacred site for whales”, this large Aboriginal engraving stie near the Waratah Track includes two whales (one with a man inside it) and a deity figure.
Very weathered engravings of echidnas on a platform next to the Waratah Track.
An interesting-looking Aboriginal engraving (most recently described as a gecko) on a ridge off the Waratah Track