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,
Partly on firetrails and partly off-track, this bushwalk crosses the valley between Yeomans Track and Wallaroo Track to form a loop. Some nice rock formations and a small waterfall along the way!
The Elvina Aboriginal Site is easily accessed from the Elvina Bay Track at West Head. This significant site contains over 50 figures, including an enormous six metre high deity figure.
Aboriginal engraving site which has a set of axe grinding grooves next to a waterhole, and three engraved figures. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)
Aboriginal engraving site which represents a man with fish which are his totem (or which he hopes to catch) near the Waratah Track. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)
Aboriginal engraving of an “unusual pair of human figures” near the Waratah Track. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)
A series of Aboriginal engraving sites along a ridge of rock extending from the Waratah Track across West Head Road,
Aboriginal engraving of a man and woman near Waratah Track. (Part of Arden Trig series.)
A small but complex Aboriginal engraving site above Coal and Candle Creek (West Head). It has 66 motifs, including 27 mundoes, and axe grinding grooves.
An intriguing Aboriginal engraving site near the Wallaroo Track, with five men (in two groups) as well as a number of other figures including boomerangs and mundoes.
Single Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo on a rock platform near the Salvation Loop Track.