Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site in Kariong, which has a pair of emus situated on what was an old road.

Along a disused firetrail in Kariong are two emus, which were first recorded by Ian Sim and later by Fred McCarthy when the road (since re-routed) ran over the Aboriginal engraving site.

The larger, or adult, emu was described by McCarthy as being “posed with its head down on straight neck”.

The smaller, incomplete emu has a “convex head, pointed beak, no eyes, neck bent upward”.

The firetrail to the west of the two emus has a number of weathered (and often damaged) engravings.

They include a number of circles, which appear to be engraved and not natural occurences.

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