Van Dahls Firetrail Curved Figure

Summary: A weathered Aboriginal engraving on rock platform just off the Van Dahls Firetrail in Patonga.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2018

Just off the Van Dahls Firetrail is a wide rock platform, which has some weathered Aboriginal rock engravings.

AWAT2256 LR Van Dahls Firetrail Curved Figure

A curved figure is very hard to see without the right light. (There may be other figures on the rock platform, but I couldn’t find any more.)

AWAT2242 LR Van Dahls Firetrail Curved Figure

Above the plaform is a small rocky outcrop, which make a great spot to watch the sun set.

AWAT2236 LR Van Dahls Firetrail Curved Figure
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