Near an industrial estate on Somersby Falls Road is Aboriginal rock engraving site, from which there would have been extensive views to the south and east. The four figures at this site were documented by Fred McCarthy (and later by Ian Sim).
The man appears to be associated with the dog-like mammal, as their techniques are the same, rather than with the kangaroo whose grooves are rubbed; the latter animal appears to be of sacred importance for the latter reason and it is engraved in a concave area of the rock which is sloping upward with a rim at the top, an unusually prominent and artistic setting for the figure.
The kangaroo is “posed landing on its hind feet with its tail parallel to the ground… an ill proportioned but slightly animated animal”.
Below the kangaroo is the man, who has a double-line belt.
His outstretched arms have no hands or fingers, and are “round ended”.
Next to the man is a figure which McCarthy described as a “indeterminate mammal” and Sim as simply an “animal”.
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