Kupgal petroglyphs

Huge amount of Neolithic petroglyphs in unusual locations – peculiar rock formations with deep depressions. Many petroglyphs depict cattle, also people herding animals. Some of the depressions make loud sound similar to gong, when struck with boulders – this effect could be used in rituals.

Edakkal Caves

Cave with unusual archaeological monument: 6 – 8 thousand years old petroglyphs that resemble ancient writing.

Madjedbebe rock shelter

The shelter contains finds of the oldest known humans in Australia, 65,000 years old. Site contains the world’s oldest ground-edge axes and is adorned with some 1000 Aboriginal paintings.

Wary Bay rock art

Impressive indigenous rock art with first contact art and Wandjina figures.

Mulka’s Cave

Cave – grotto under giant granite monolith. Contains 452 drawings – Aboriginal art from around 4500 BC and more recently. Most of the images are hands.

Depuch Island rock art

Rocks and boulders on this small island are covered with rock art by Ngaluma people to whom it is an important site of legends.

Tunnel Creek

Approximately 750 m long cave – a tunnel with a stream running through it. This is a very old cave system, approximately 20 million years old. Amazing speleothems, aboriginal drawings. Freshwater crocodiles have been seen in the cave.

Abracurrie Cave

Possibly the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere, with a volume of some 150 thousand cubic meters. Contains Aboriginal stencils – the deepest native cave art in Australia.

Walga Rock

Cave with extensive cliff art galleries. Here is also a drawing of an European sailing ship (contact art), most likely from the late 19th century. Such contact art is met in several locations of Australia. Other drawings are much older.

Tully River dendroglyphs in Upper Charapa

Seven carved trees with diverse designs. Dendroglyphs are characteristic monuments of Aboriginal culture, characteristic in the New South Wales and also neighboring regions.