Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

Summary: A large Aboriginal rock art shelter which features three sets of "dancing men" in charcoal and white ochre, as well as a bandicoot and indeterminate figures.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Motif/s: Bandicoot, Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1960
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Pankhurst

Arguably the most impressive of five shelters containing Aboriginal rock along the same cliff line, this is also the largest of the overhangs.

IMG 1119 LR Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

At one end of the shelter, a small charcoal figure is drawn within a “wasp’s nest” tafoni formation – an unusual location.

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IMG 1219 LR Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

At the opposite (southern) end of the shelter are some indeterminate motifs also in charcoal, two “dancing men” and a bandicoot.

IMG 1215 LR Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

There are two more “dancing men” in charcoal.

IMG 1128 LR Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

And five “dancing men” in white ochre.

IMG 1124 LR Ourimbah Creek Dancing Men Shelter

Not easily visible without image enhancement is part of a large (indeterminate) red ochre figure.

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