Ourimbah Creek White Eels

Summary: Two small, adjacent shelters with Aboriginal rock art including two eels in white ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

This Aboriginal rock art site is located within a small alcove in a low cliff just below a ridge in the Palm Grove Nature Reserve.

IMG 9754 LR Ourimbah Creek White Eels

The art consists of two eels drawn in white ochre; the eel on the right is more weathered and is considerably worse condition than when it was photographed in the 1970s.

IMG 9739 LR Ourimbah Creek White Eels

Along the same cliff line a bit further south is a larger shelter with more art.

IMG 9757 LR Ourimbah Creek White Eels

The figures are drawn in charcoal, and all very weathered.

IMG 9752 LR Ourimbah Creek White Eels
IMG 9749 LR Ourimbah Creek White Eels

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Hiking the World, and receive notifications of new posts by email. (A hike is added every 1-2 weeks, on average.)

Join 634 other subscribers

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Aboriginal Rock Art – Maroota and Marramarra NP
Located to the north-west of Sydney, just south of the Dharug and Yengo National Parks, Maroota has a high concentration of (known) Aboriginal sites. Many more Aboriginal heritage sites are located in the Marramarra National Park. The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people.