200 Foot Cave Art Site, Woy Woy, Brisbane Water National Park

Long lasting actions of a cognitively impaired individual. 

Ochre Paintings and drawings

Charcoal Drawings are nearly gone for ever.

View across the cave floor - midden.

There might not be a larger cave with rock art left in this part of NSW. It is as described, by William Dugald Campbell in 1899, a large cave around 200 foot long and between 13 - 30 feet deep. There are huge middens in front of the cave suggesting an incredible occupation time. The charcoal drawings, as recorded in 1899, are barely visible whilst the ochre paintings stand solid amongst the test of time. You could not find this cave unless you knew what you are looking for. It is breathtaking! Some of the nearby residents are suspicious of people walking and searching through this part of Brisbane Water National Park - be prepared to be called "another white Abo" - it irritates you for the first 3 sledges - the Central Coast of NSW couldn't possibly be racist !

Snake, Dillons Trail, Brisbane Waters National Park

This engraving appears to be of a snake and is located on a large yet remote rock platform some 600 metres south of Dillons Trail and about 1 km west of Woy Woy Tip.

Human-type figure, Dillons Trail, Brisbane Waters National Park

This human-type engraving is next to an elongated shield engraving on a large yet remote rock platform about 600 metres south of Dillons Trail and 1 km west of Woy Woy Tip. The unusual thing about this engraving is that it seems to be the lower torso of a child.

Fish, Dillons Trail, Brisbane Waters National Park

This engraving appears to be a fish near a rock pool on a large yet remote rock platform some 600 metres south of Dillons Track and about 1km west of Woy Woy Tip.

Mundoes, Dillons Track, Brisbane Waters National Park.

This set of medium sized mundoes point toward Mt Ettalong from the rock platform 600 metres south of Dillons Track and 1 km west of Woy Woy Tip.

Whale, Dillons Track, Brisbane Waters National Park

This whale engraving is located on a large yet remote rock platform about 600 metres south of Dillons Track and 1km west of Woy Woy Tip. There are several engravings to be found on separated large sections of rock.

Koradji Group, Lower Bambara Rd Creek, Kariong / Woy Woy

Koradji

This group is in the vicinity of a whale group described by Campbell in 1899. These figures were not recorded at that time as they on on a lower platform in the creek bed. Heading north along the creek bed the group includes a Koradji - identical to the figure at Bulgandry. This creek flows from the Bambara Rd Emu into Woy Woy. A significant group.

Seven Shields Site, Woy Woy

7 Shields - Woy Woy

The seven shields site is a very important and sacred site in Brisbane Water National Park. Not far from the Woy Woy Rabbits site this site points toward another ceremonial site where there are lots of stone circles and some very old weathered engravings. This site, for some reason, seems to have been missed in the documentation and analysis of shield site data within the context of an ANU PhD thesis - incredible!

Rare Engraving, Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy

Rare Engraving - missed by WD Campbell (1899) and Mc Carthy (1983)

This rare engraving appears as a Kangaroo initially but is quite different. This site is located within very dense hakea scrub that has small patches of rock that are barely accessible. Without the precise location, rain and correct sunlight it is highly likely that you would miss this one as WD Campbell (1899) and Mc Carthy (1983) did. It is in the vicinity of the larger Woy Woy 'Rabbits site" heading SSW.

Woy Woy Rd, Woy Woy

Large Fish or whale

This site accessed via a track in the Staples Lookout area is actually part of a series of sites that some connected. A range of engravings are present including men, eels, shield, kangaroos and "rabbits". This site has been documented by many authors. There are still some engravings nearby that are perhaps more impressive.