Summary: A tall shelter in Shakeys Forest Reserve in Mangrove Mountain, which has multiple panels of Aboriginal drawings in charcoal.

A large shelter in Shakeys Forest Reserve, which has multiple Aboriginal charcoal drawings. The cave has been used for camping, but the drawings are still in fairly good condition.

The identifiable figures include a koala and human figures.

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This human figure with upraised arms is also in drewn red ochre (the only use of red ochre at this site).

Above this human figure is another complex panel of charcoal art.

A second human figure is in charcoal only.

A faded charcoal drawing may be a fish.

Other faded drawings are of indeterminate figures.

At the eastern end of the cave are several axe grinding grooves.

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