Granite Cave

Summary: Aboriginal charcoal cave paintngs in a large shelter below the Bairne Track, at West Head.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1993

An enormous overhang at the bottom of a huge line of cliffs below the Bairne Track houses some Aboriginal cave art.

AWAT7005 LR Granite Cave

There are multiple charcoal motifs, most of them clearly drawings -but it’s hard to determine what they represent.

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