Hawkesbury Track Fish at Berowra Waters

Summary: Multiple fish engraved on a small boulder next to the Hawkesbury Track at Berowra Waters.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Fish
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1970
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Like the nearby Hawkesbury Track Baiame rock engraving site which is on a large vertical rock, this engraving is also “hidden in plain sight” next to the bushwalking track on a smaller boulder.

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There are multiple fish engraved on the vertical sandstone, often with very clear peck marks. Due to natural cracks and weathering of the rock some of the fish are harder to discern.

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The largest of the fish is very crudely pecked.

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