Peebles Trail Waterhole

Summary: A circular pothole surrounded by over 20 axe grinding grooves, near the Peeble Trail just outside Marramarra National Park. The rock platform also has some very weathered Aboriginal engravings.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Grinding Bowl, Rock engraving
  • Motif/s: Emu, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2016

On a rock platforn near the Peebles Trail is a waterhole, which is surrounded by axe grinding grooves, and what appear to be much narrower spear grinding grooves.

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There are least 20 grooves (and what appears to be a gooved channel) around the circular pothole.

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Scattered around the rock platform are at least six engravings, although all of them are very faint. Near the centre of the rock platform are two overlapping wallabies or kangaroos.

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Towards the south is an interesting animal; it’s hard to determine what it is (possibly an emu); part of the figure is very roughly pecked.

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At the top of the platform is a grinding bowl.

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