A long, sloping rock platform on a private property in Mount Colah contains a large number of engravings, including four men and many mundoes, and many pits that form circular shapes. Some of the figures appear to have been re-cut or modified by metal tools prior to 1980, and a nearby Shelter with Art was lost to development over a decade ago. A number of initials and names (including RJ, CH and Colin Hughes are etched in the stone).
The first of the men has what may be a short head-dress, or rays emanating from his head.
Near his head and upper body are a number of smaller, indeterminate motifs – and he appears to be holding an object (although that may have been a European addition).
A much smaller and crudly engraved figure is near the top of the rock platform.
Further along is a third man, also with a head-dress or rays from his head; next to him are two mundoes and an indeterminate figure.
The fourth man (if not a later European addition) would represent a post-contact motif, with the small man wearing a hat. Next to him is a mundoe.
A fifth m,analso with head-dress or rays is near the top of the platform.
Near this fifth man is a solitary leg; another unusual motif, although the Mullet Creek Half a Man engraving site on the Central Coast has a pair of legs.
The longest motif on the platform is a snake / serpent, or snake-like figure, which extends to the very bottom of the platform (part of the rock may have broken off many years ago). Near the head of the snake are two mundoes, and an unusual series of pits in a circular shape.
Across the platform are at least fifteen mundoes, with the majority in a roughly east-west direction.
Near a waterhole at the top of the rock platform are more initials, and an unuual figure that may be European or Aboriginal.
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