Sydney's Aboriginal Rock Engravings

Sydney is the perfect starting point for a look at somevisit. The Golf Course engravings depict whales,
of the most popular and highly photographed aboriginalhumans and fish, while the Ben Buckler site shows a
rock engravings in Australia. There are more rocksolitary turtle.
engravings around Sydney than any Australian city.Just to the south of Bondi, on the Tamarama-Bondi
The rock engravings in the Sydney area are verycliff walk at McKenzie's Point, there is another
distinct from the rock art throughout the rest ofspectacular engraving that depicts a whale or possibly
Australia. Made by the Aboriginals that have inhabiteda shark.
the area for the past 25000 years, many of the sitesAbout 25km north of Sydney is the Ku-ring-gai Chase
where they appear are still sacred and therefore theNational Park. You will need to put aside at least one
location may not be widely known. However, somefull day of sightseeing to explore the magnificent
sites are very accessible.displays of rock engravings located here. There are
There are numerous sites in and around Sydney thatseveral walking tracks you can follow such as, the
are open to the public. Bondi Beach, for example, isEchidna track (engraving of an echidna), the Resolute
probably the most accessible of the sites. There arePicnic Area track (fish, eels, men), The Basin track
two locations at Bondi. One is at Bondi Golf Course(people, fish and kangaroo), and the Elvina track (this is
and the other is on the northern end of the beach onan enormous site with numerous engravings).
the rocks at Ben Buckler, (below the Ray O'KeefeKu-ring-gai National Park also conducts guided tours to
Reserve).these sites and the park is easily accessed by public
Both these sites were re-grooved by the local counciltransport, car and also a ferry service from Palm
back in the 1960s. However they are definitely worth aBeach.