Summary: A small shelter with multiple red hand stencils in North Wahroonga
Art type/s: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Hand
Quality: 4/5
Condition of art: Good
Year first recorded: 1979
Despite being relatively close to suburbia in North Wahroonga, this small sandstone shelter is relatively graffiti-free. It has as a number of red ochre handprints, and some other indeterminate drawings.
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