Located in a gully near Jacks Track, this long but shallow overhang contains Aboriginal rock art in charcoal, white and red ochre.
The shelter gets its name from a series of “dancing men” drawn in charcoal; it’s similar to the spectacular Terraborra Ridge Charcoal Art Panel located 15km to the west in the Parr State Conservation Area.
Many of the charcoal figures across a long panel on the back wall are weathered; they include men with upraised arms (the “dancing men”) as well as kangaroos. There are also a few indeterminate red ochre motifs and some hand stencils that are more clear with images enhancement.
Two lower panels contain more figures.
There are a couple more charcoal motifs of indeterminate figures.
A panel at the eastern end of the shelter has a number of very red ochre figures; superimposed on these red figures are a kangaroo and emu drawn in white.
The emu is the more distinct of these white figures, but you can see the kangaroo just behind the emu.
A panel on the western side of the shelter has two human figures – what appears to be a man with a waistband and a woman – as well as a fish or eel.
The last panel has a number of hand stencil and some drawings.
The charcoal drawings are hard to make out, and are superimposed on the white and red ochre hand stencils. There are also two white dots, which are unusual.
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