Calabash Trail Kangaroo

Summary: Very weathered Aboriginal rock engravings of a kangaroo and an indeterminate object on a rock platform next to the Calabash Trail.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2012

Next to the Calabash Trail (along Dusthole Ridge) is a large and undulating rock platform, which has a few Aboriginal engravings. The site is not signposted, so unfortunately mountain bikers inadvertently ride across the weathered engravings. (Although I’ve recorded this site as being within Marramarra National Park, it’s actually on Crown Land.)

AWAT9435 LR Calabash Trail Kangaroo

One of the figures is a wallaby or kangaroo, which has a fairly shallow groove.

AWAT9433 LR Calabash Trail Kangaroo

Nearby in a shallow depression is an indeterminate figure.

AWAT9426 LR Calabash Trail Kangaroo

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