Calabash Trail Macropods and Eel

Summary: Weathered Aboriginal engravings on a rock platform next to the Calabash Trail, including an eel-like figure.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Eel, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2021
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

A wide rock platform just off the Calabash Trail is said to contain multiple Aboriginal engravings, including two wallabies or kangaroos.

AWAT9447 LR Calabash Trail Macropods and Eel

The carvings are all weathered and need good light to see; I was only able to spot what appears to be an eel – or an eel-like shape.

AWAT9445 LR Calabash Trail Macropods and Eel
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