This engraving site is located south of the road from Umina to Patonga and is only about 90 metres from the roadway. It is best to visit this site during or immediately after rain. It is located on a very marshy slope. This site is quite separate from the other expanses of honeycombed rock platforms in the area and once held around 6 figures - there are about 3 still visible. Sadly, this set of engravings will join many others in disappearing forever with little trace left.....echoing William Dugald Campbell's lament of 1899.
Revisiting the Aboriginal Engravings of the Sydney / Hawkesbury Districts. 14 Blacks, 6 Tigers, 3 Death Adders, 8 Brown Snakes, one unidentified grey blue snake but no pythons ..... that would be about 42 serious reptiles for more than 511 engraving platforms and a few caves - INXS of 7636 engravings, still counting and still loving it!!!
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.