Summary: An impressive shelter with Aboriginal rock art near Christys Gully. There are over 30 motifs including hand stencils and paintings in red ochre, white ochre and charcoal.

A deep shelter at the base of a low cliff-line near Christys Gully on the Central Coast has a large number of hand stencils, as well as drawings.

The main panel has over twenty hand stencils in red ochre.

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At the bottom of the panel are what appear to be children’s hands.

Above these are larger, adult hand stencils.

Next to the hand stencils are two superimposed figures also in red ochre, which appear to be a man with upraised arms and a kangaroo.

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Some more abstract figures in red ochre (and the head of what seems to be kangaroo) are next to the kangaroo and man.

Another kangaroo is drawn in white ochre.

There are several more figures in red ochre, which includes what may be a boomerang (or it may part of a larger motif that has weathered).

An indeterminate motif is drawn in charcoal.

Two eels are drawn in charcoal.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

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