Arrernte custodians for Irtwentye (East McDonnell Ranges) say that the petroglyphs tell the story of the life cycle of two different kinds of caterpillars.
This is a part of dreamtime legend where spirit ancestors roamed the land creating all living things, the landscape, languages and law.
Petroglyphs estimated to be from 2000 to 10,000 years old.
Permanent waterholes at N’Dhala Gorge
Undoolya Wattle (Acacia undoolyana)
Hibiscus family
Grey Honeyeater? cannot yet identify – however sounded rather like a solitary bellbird!
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