Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site near Berowra Waters, with an arm on a vertical rock surface.

On a vertical rock just above Berowra Creek is an Aboriginal engraving of an arm. It was first recorded by Warren Bluff, and the figure has very shallow grooves.

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