El Questro - rock art
There is some amazing rock art in the Kimberley. This wall had some great Wanjinnas (the big, spaceman-looking figures) and some Bradshaws (the strange, dancing stick-figures in the lower left). Some of the bradshaws in the region have been dated at over 20,000 years old. The wanjinnas are much newer - a few hundred years old. These were about 4 feet tall. There was a sign below these saying that El Questro was in negotiations with the traditional owners about access to these paintings, so we weren't allowed to get close to them. Too bad, because you could see a lot of interesting figures through binoculars, and I bet there were dozens of interesting paintings hidden behind the rocks.
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