Skip to content
Free chat
Walk map
Open this walk on the interactive map
Central Coast Bushwalk

Bulgandry Aboriginal Engravings (0.4km)

A flat 0.4km accessible walk to Aboriginal rock engravings featuring scribbly gums and wildflowers, best visited at dusk.

At a glance

Distance
400m return
Grade
Grade 1, no experience required, flat and even
Ascent
5m
Dogs
No
Wheelchair
Accessible
Prams
Suitable
Parking
Yes
Sign up for Bushwalks

This is one of my favourite short bushwalks on the coast, highly recommend going in the afternoon near sunset in that golden light. This is an accessible short walk so you can take a grandparent or bring a pram. The bush here is beautiful with scribbly gums and wildflowers. The engravings are at their best at dusk.

Walk directions

  1. Start: this is the driveway in, they have just upgraded it: -33.456915358985725, 151.28505885601047 Google Maps Link
  2. The start of the walk is at the end of the carpark: -33.455993393396426, 151.28447413444522 Google Maps Link
  3. Yay! You've reached the beautiful Bulgandry aboriginal engravings: -33.4537108150508, 151.28594398498538 Google Maps Link
Image of a little girl at bulgandry aboriginal engravings
Image of a little girl at bulgandry aboriginal engravings with dad
Bright red grevillea flower with narrow leaves near the Bulgandry track
Pale green banksia flower spike emerging among gum leaves at Bulgandry
Three generations walking the flat accessible track to Bulgandry engravings
scribbly gum
Bulgandry engraving of a fish
Bulgandry engraving of a fish
Bulgandry engraving of a man
Bulgandry engraving of a woman
Bulgandry engraving of a kangaroo
Maroon spotted orchid blooming beside the path at Bulgandry
Gravel track through open eucalypt woodland near Bulgandry engravings
Sunlit path winding between pale trunked scribbly gums at Bulgandry
Close up of scribbly gum bark showing the moth larvae trails
Scribbly markings on two adjoining scribbly gum trunks at Bulgandry
Pink and white spotted orchid flowers among dry grass at Bulgandry
Sandy walking track climbing through scrubby woodland at Bulgandry
Red spider flower with long curling styles in Bulgandry heathland
Cluster of small white flowers on a shrub beside a gum trunk
White star shaped flowers on a spiky leaved heath shrub
Pale yellow green banksia candle flower spike among grasses
Spiky heath shrub covered in small white star flowers
Banksia flower spike glowing pale yellow green in the sun
Cream flower clusters on a narrow leaved shrub against blue sky

What does Kariong mean?

Kariong is a local aboriginal word that means "A meeting place", there are many aboriginal art engravings in Kariong because of this.

Similar Bushwalks

Strickland Aboriginal EngravingsPhegan's Bay Olive AvenueWildflower Guide
The cover of A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks: watercolour wildflowers, including a waratah and orchids, on a bright yellow background

The book

12 pram and wheelchair friendly walks in the book

A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks lists 12 accessible walks, including the Tuggerah Lake Walk, the Kincumber waterfront, Norah Head Lighthouse and the Bulgandry engravings, each with a map and the climb up and down.

See the book
Get Started

Thinking about a
project?

We take on a small number of projects at a time, so you get Shea, not a junior. There is usually room to start something new.

Book a free 15 min chatTalk to Us
4.9 out of 5 from 15 Google reviews

This walk is on Darkinung country. Good Architect acknowledges the Darkinung people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. Darkinjung Land Council.