Summary: A remote shelter in the Bilipin area of Wollemi National Park, which has six hand stencils and two unusual, human-like figures.

Located above Tootie Creek in Wollemi National Park, this tall and shallow shelter has multiple Aboriginal hand stencils, two drawings and possibly some more fragments of charcoal art.

There are at least eight hand stencils, two in white ochre.

There are (at least) six hand stencils in red ochre, some not very easy to see without image enhancement.

A figure drawn in red ochre has an unusually-shaped head and may have originally been infilled with charcoal.

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Another weathered figure may have been a human figure or deity with long, out-stretched arms.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.