Ourimbah Breaking Wave Shelter

Summary: A small Aboriginal rock art shelter in Ourimbah State Forest which resembles a breaking wave. It has three charcoal motifs.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1975
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Pankhurst

This small shelter just below Prestons Ridge contains a small number of Aboriginal drawings.

IMG 9703 LR Ourimbah Breaking Wave Shelter

All of the motifs appear to be human figures.

IMG 9700 LR Ourimbah Breaking Wave Shelter
IMG 9699 LR Ourimbah Breaking Wave Shelter

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