Eagle Eyes Shelter

Summary: A long overhang in the Parr SCA with four very weathered hand stencils.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2019
  • Originally Recorded by: William Moon

This long overhang with Aboriginal rock art is named after the difficulty of spotting the art…

1X3A3294 LR Eagle Eyes Shelter

Within the long shelter are two sets of very faint hand stencils.

1X3A3288 LR Eagle Eyes Shelter
1X3A3291 LR Eagle Eyes Shelter

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