America Bay Track

The America Bay Track aboriginal rock engraving site is fairly small and located in a swampy secluded spot. The main engraving is a 5 meter long orca.

America Bay Track - an engraving of an orca

Orca

On the lower right section of the orca is this carving of a female figure.

America Bay Track - an engraving of a female figure

Female Figure

Near the center of the orca is an engraved stingray. The stingray has a long tail and two eyes.

America Bay Track - an engraving of a stingray

Stingray

Behind the upper fin of the orca is a very nice engraved goanna.

America Bay Track - an engraving of a goanna

Goanna

At another engraving site along the track is this large Daramulum figure. Inside the figure is a round shape with a long tail, probably a stingray. Near the foot of the figure is an unusual double boomerang design and some mundoes. Near the center of this image is a fish. This image shows an area of about 6 meters by 4 meters and comprises of 716 separate photographs.

America Bay Track - an engraving of Daramulum

Daramulum

This image shows a very unusual ‘double boomerang’ design.

America Bay Track - an engraving of a double boomerang

Double Boomerang

America Bay Track - an engraving of a fish

Fish

America Bay Track - an engraving of a fish

Fish

America Bay Track - an engraving of a goanna

Goanna

3 thoughts on “America Bay Track

  1. Brett

    Awesome photos. how did you get the photos so well cut. The rock carvings seem hard to make out compare to these.?

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    1. Sydney Rock Art Post author

      We mostly use a technique that involves reverse mounting a remote flash unit beneath a tripod so that the flash fires at a very shallow angle across the rock face. This allows us to be able to photograph engravings regardless of the ambient light conditions. The flash only lights a small area of the rock surface so it can take many (100’s or even 1000’s) of shots to capture a large engraving.

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  2. Selena Griffith

    There are a bunch more engravings – 2 men hunting wallabies on thus track above a waterfall on the creek that runs down the LHS of the track on the way down to the bay

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