Sams Creek Echidna

Summary: An Aboriginal rock art site above Sams Creek in Mount Ku-ring-gai, with a very detailed drawing of an echidna.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Echidna, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2021

At the base of a tall shelter above Sams Creek is a single Aboriginal drawing of an echidna.

1X3A1927 LR Sams Creek Echidna

Other than a couple of weathered, indeterminate drawings the echidna is the only figure in the shelter.

1X3A1931 LR 1 Sams Creek Echidna

Drawn in considerable detail, the echidna is one of the best examples in the Sydney area.

1X3A1933 LR Sams Creek Echidna
1X3A1933 LR lbk Sams Creek Echidna
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