First documented in the 1960s, this extensive rock platform on the edge of Wollemi National Park contains about a hundred Aboriginal axe grinding grooves and several engravings.
Most of the grinding grooves are located around multiple waterholes on the sloping platform.
A few grooves are partly covered by encroaching moss; of the orginal 100 recorded by Ian Sim, about 85 are currently visible and more are likely covered by vegetation.
At the southern end of the rock platform is a dense cluster of grooves in a creek bed.
The engraved figures are mostly indeterminate; a kangaroo track is next to a curved line, which may be part of a larger (weathered) figure.
A long pecked channel is in the middle of the platform.
A circle may be natural, but appears to be pecked.
To the north of the rock platform on a ridge-top site are three more grinding grooves.
To the south along a small creek are several more grooves.
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