bulgandry aboriginal engraving site

It sometimes takes you a blast from the past carved in stone to remember how far our little country has come. Coming here for a short walk on our way to another bush walk for the day was a nice addition to the day. It's a great place to bring some kids or just to relax and read about some indigenous stories that were carved. It's an easy walk and a pretty one too.

This and the lookout over the Hawkesbury River at Warrah Trig and the Woy Woy Fishermans Wharf and the Ettalong foreshore are the MUSTS for anyone visiting the Central Coast. Bulgandry makes your heart sing to view what our forebears created. Respect.

An easy walk from the car park along flat walkway. Visited in October when the wildflowers were blooming. It is easy to see the rock carvings from the slightly elevated walkway and the signage was very helpful in understanding the carvings.

My two year old daughter and I go to this site often. Its a light walk from the car park. On the way we look at the lovely wild flowers,listen for birds, follow the ants and inspect the pebbles. The rocks glisten as the sun comes up and the carvings are really clear when little pools of water settle in the grooves. My daughter loves to name the different shapes, fishes, kangaroo, man and lady. The boardwalk is a really groovy way of allowing people to view the indigenous art whilst preserving and respecting the images.

This site has a number of rock carvings made by local Aboriginal people a long time before European settlement.It's worth visiting this site if you have access to a car and you are in the Gosford / Umina Beach area, just remember to stick to the paths and show respect for the people tho made these carvings by staying off the carvings.Disabled people may not find this site accessible due to the paths being rough in some places.

it is a nice walk from the carpark. the carving are good and take you back to when they were originally done. the boardwalk shows respect from the carvings significance. on a sunny day it is a great place to wander back in time.

At the recommendation of a friend I took an American visitor here for a taste of Aboroginal culture. If I had had an Aboriginal elder with me to explain things it may have been different, but on your own it is very difficult to make anything out of these faint rock indentations

Forget snobby art lovers from city galleries critiquing paintings of fruit & blobs of paint, this bush art is just as mysterious in purpose & context. It is exposed to the natural elements of Earth, fire, wind & water & is located in the original place where it was created hundreds of years ago by Aboriginal tribes people. Apparently the image is of a hunter/warrior holding a shield surrounded by unknown objects, it easily looks like a robot with an energy force field shield or a sumo wrestler but I’m going with the robot theory. The other faint images are of wildlife such as wallabies & a dolphin. No one really knows their purpose, some say he was an Aboriginal hero, nevertheless, he is a man without a story. They are estimated to be several hundred years old. The images are chiselled into the rock surface & are similar to the Dharawal Aboriginal engravings at Jibbon beach in the Royal National Park in Sydney 100kms away, they could very well be related.The site is located 7kms from Kariong off Woy Woy road inside the Brisbane Water National Park. Set your GPS to Bambara rd, it’s just further up. The car park leads to a short path with information boards. The site is managed by the NSW Parks & Wildlife Service & has a boardwalk to protect the rock surface from further erosion & is good for wheelchairs & the elderly. Being a sacred site there are no facilities, toilets or picnic tables. One of the best things is that it is free to visit courtesy of the Guringai people.