Once we got to the park, we discovered that there is not a trail named "Aborigine Heritage Walk," as we were lead to believe from the website. Instead, it is a combination of West Head and Resolute Walking Trails. Apparently we need to read the fine print about the walk in the future!
The first taste of Aboriginal artwork we found was "Red Hands Cave."
After viewing the Aboriginal Art, we headed further down the trail to West Head Lookout.
The last picture shows Barrenjoey headland and Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is apparently famous for being in Australia's TV drama "Home and Away."
The Lookout itself was more crowded with people. There is actually a road which takes you directly to the lookout. We have slowly begun to realize that a lot of people here take the easy way out ... they tend to drive straight to the attraction instead of the more scenic route (through the trails or bush). Even though there were several people/groups at the lookout, we saw only 3 other small groups along the entire trail. Whatever floats your boat I guess but I think they are missing out on all the neat gems along the walk! This was also true when we were in Kangaroo Valley. The waterfalls and attractions were only a few steps away from the road. Most people just saw the attraction instead of continuing down the trails.
Since we did continue down the trail, we were able to see this cool looking tree. I think it is a type of gum tree. It looks as if it is bleeding!
We continued further down the trail to Resolute Beach. Along the way, we followed a creek that reminded us of Gatlinburg.
I wanted to jump the rocks down to the beach until I realized the creek lead to this nice cliff (it was bigger than it looks in the picture, about my height) ...
I guess we will take the grassy trek instead!
Here is the beach and a picture of a crow in flight (we disturbed his peace I suppose)...
I also thought these rocks along the back of the beach were cool. Weathering and the ocean have turned parts of the rocks red and created a lot of wavy grooves along each rock.
The creek we were following earlier also came out onto the beach. I thought it was cool how the water cut a groove into the rock.
After the beach, we walked back up the hill to another Aboriginal Ancient Worksite and artwork. It was under a cliff or cave-like rock.
Next, the trail came out of the woods and into more bush. I think this would be incredibly hot in the summer! There was absolutely no shade along this part of the walk (for roughly a mile).
Finally, we stumbled upon another site for ancient Aboriginal artwork. This time, it was work engraved into rock.
There were also fantastic views from this rock. Again, this is the same lighthouse that we saw earlier.
Altogether, the walk was about 5km. It was fairly steep and the trail was narrow with many cliffs off the side. It was good for Aborigine Artwork and some decent views. We did get to see a couple kangaroos or wallabies along the path but they jumped away before I could snap a picture.
Of course, on the way home, I had to take a picture of the interesting animal road signs. I found one for a koala and a bandicoot. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see either animal.
We also stopped for some snacky snacks. Adam bought these to eat ....
Yes, that is chicken flavored potato chips. You can find some version of these chips everywhere snacks are sold and for those wondering ....it tastes like potato chips dipped in chicken broth. I am not really a big fan but whatever floats your boat I guess!
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