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Central Coast Bushwalk

Somersby Aboriginal engravings (2km return)

A 2km return walk to Darkinung Aboriginal rock engravings and an abandoned quarry, best visited at dusk.

At a glance

Distance
2km return
Ascent
30m
Dogs
No
Access
4WD needed to reach the start
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Walk directions

  1. Start, 1.2km past the reptile park. This is a bit of a rough road in, if you have doubts about your cars 4WD capabilities, just park at the turnoff from the Old Pacific Highway and walk in, until you get the gate at this location, follow the path through the gate: -33.423330, 151.269771 Google Maps Link
  2. There is a fire trail to the left here, ignore it and continue straight ahead: -33.423179, 151.26868479 Google Maps Link
  3. Turn left here at this fire trail: -33.423673, 151.267040 Google Maps Link
  4. This is the turnoff to the quarry, have a nice explore, be wary of drop offs: -33.424405, 151.266935 Google Maps Link
  5. Yay! You've reached the beautiful aboriginal engravings: -33.425303, 151.266665 Google Maps Link
Somersby Engravings
This is a beautiful walk with aboriginal engravings and an old quarry. It is a walk to do on a cooler day as the firetrails can get pretty hot. The engravings are at their best at dusk.
Hiker walking beneath a vast sandstone overhang near Somersby
Group of hikers examining rock fragments inside a sandy shelter
Wide sandy floor of a sandstone rock shelter with a distant hiker
Looking up at a huge sandstone overhang from the bushland below
Somersby Aboriginal Quarry
Faint curved engraving line weathered into a sandstone rock platform
Branching engraved lines etched into a sandstone rock surface
Forked antler like engraving marks on a Somersby sandstone platform
Curved fish shaped engraving with faint footprint marks on rock
Oval animal shaped Aboriginal engraving carved into sandstone rock
Small five petalled yellow wildflower growing among dry grass and rock

The Australian Museum has found that the art of the Darkinung aborigines stretches all the way from the Central Coast to Wollemi National Park 90km to the west, this is a particularly beautiful example.

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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.