Summary: A low shelter with a complex panel of Aboriginal rock art, primarily in charcoal but with one red ochre fiigure. Most of the motifs are wallabies or kangaroos.

This some small and somewhat nondescript shelter below Peebles Road has a complex panel of Aboriginal rock art.

Most of the figures are on a panel in the middle of the shelter, and there is more art to the left and below this.

A number of motifs overlap; a wallaby or kangaroo in red ochre is superimposed on more wallabies drawn in charcoal.

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There are multiple wallabies in charcoal, many of them outlined in white.

Nearby is what appears to be a platypus (bottom right enhanced image from Matt Niven).

Below the main panel are five or six human figures, in charcoal with white outlines.

To the left are another two or three wallabies in charcoal; one of them (the bottom half of its body is faded) is much larger.

Another animal represented here is a koala.

To the left are a number of indeterminate charcoal figures.

On the ceiling of the shelter is another (indeterminate) charcoal figure.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.