Summary: An Aboriginal rock art shelter near Devils Rock, which contains an impressive gallery of charcoal and red ochre figures.

Near Devils Rock is an isolated, deep shelter that has a large array of Aboriginal rock art motifs.

Most of the drawings are on one long panel which features one large bird (which resembles a lyrebird) and some smaller birds and animals.

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To the right of the lyrebird is a large koradji (“medicine man”) figure in red ochre.

To the left of the large eel are two smaller eels in charcoal and red ochre, and a wallaby or kangaroo.

One the bottom of the panel is a small eel in red ochre and a small kangaroo.

Nearby is a large eel is in charcoal, which has a faint red ochre figure above it.

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