Yep ...we are all still patiently waiting for the day when the people from world's oldest continuing culture, holding the same legal rights as a rock on a track before 1967, the traditional owners of this land, are at least acknowledged in the Constitution of Australia as part of the development of a treaty and edge closer to true reconciliation.

Yep - we are all still waiting ....

27 Jun 2024

Collection of Engraving and Cave Art Sites, Wakehurst Golf Course

Strategy for protecting some of the sacred sites

Wallaby engraving

Note the advice on the sign

Lichen taking hold on engraving site


View toward one of the engraving sites

Protection of Cave Art site(s)

Wakehurst Golf Course holds many engraving and cave art sites. It is evident that some have been protected well and sadly, others not so well. The engravings here seem to be much younger than those on the western side of Wakehurst Parkway. 

Unusual Symbol Engraving, Strickland State Forest

View of engraving site

Unusual Engraving near others

This rock platform is difficult to reach yet only 20 minutes walk downhill from the wetern side of Mangrove Rd, Narara. This is in the general location of of an engraving of a man pictured in a "running profile" with one leg crossing his body, and another site that depicts a feint wallaby. This place is about 150 metres west of the known Black Cockatoo nesting places. This unusual symbol was under 35-40 mm of mud and about 1.5 metres from the fallen tree.





Indeterminate Engraving & Mundoes, Eastern side Mountain Bike Trail, Wakehurst Parkway

Single Mundoe

Two Mundoes

There are several engravings to be found on and near the Manly Dam Mountain Bike Trail on the eastern side of Wakehurst Parkway. These include some mundoes and another indeterminate engraving near the signboard on the trail that swings off to the east toward Wakehurst Golf Course.