Berkeley Trail Eel

Summary: A very weathered Aboriginal engraving of an eel (and axe grinding grooves) above a waterfall near the Berkeley Trail

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Eel
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1975

Above a small waterfall near the Berkeley Trail is an Aboriginal engraving of an eel, carved near the edge of the steep drop.

AWAT4955 LR Berkeley Trail Eel

Another engraving of “half a man” was originally recorded here too, but may have weathered away. There are also some axe grinding grooves along the creek.

AWAT4949 LR Berkeley Trail Eel
Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Hiking the World, and receive notifications of new posts by email. (A hike is added every 1-2 weeks, on average.)

Join 752 other subscribers

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Avatar placeholder

Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Photographing Aboriginal rock art
A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.
Aboriginal Rock Art in the Greater Blue Mountains
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Blue Mountains National Park
Red Hands Cave, Glenbrook (Blue Mountains)
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.