Sunshine Shelter

Summary: A tall and shallow overhang in the Blue Mountains, the rock art in the Sunshine Shelter consists of parallel lines in red ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Lines
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2022
  • Originally Recorded by: William Moon

The Aboriginal rock art in what Bill Moon termed the “Sunshine Shelter” on Odin Head is not obvious; it consists of parallel curved and straight lines drawn in red ochre.

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The ochre lines are not obvious without image enhancement.

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The shelter is tall, but very shallow and and graffiti is present.

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1X3A4070 LR 1 Sunshine Shelter
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