Caleyi Trail Kangaroo

Summary: Aboriginal engraving site above the Caleyi Trail, which has a single kangaroo and a very weathered fish,

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Fish, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1984
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Along the Caleyi Trail is an Aboriginal engraving site with two leaping kangaroos in close file. Above these two macropods is another Aboriginal engraving site, on a large rock platform with sweeping views over Garigal National Park.

AWAT0586 LR Caleyi Trail Kangaroo
AWAT0573 LR Caleyi Trail Kangaroo

The single kangaroo is a little weathered, but it’s still possible to make our most of its body.

AWAT0583 LR Caleyi Trail Kangaroo

Near the kangaroo is another, much more weathered carving, of what seems to be a fish.

AWAT0592 LR Caleyi Trail Kangaroo

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