Washtub Gully Shelter (Berowra Waters)

Summary: Ochre drawings of fish in a shelter below Washtub Gully, near Berowra Waters

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Fish
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Graffiti damage
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1989

Below the Washtub Gully Aboriginal engravings and just above the low tide mark is a small shelter, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

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Two fish painted in red ochre are barely visible amongst much recent graffiti.

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