Even getting to this site was a distraction of some magnitude, and maintaining balance while descending was a feat of its own. But we had two sites to examine on that day, and as this one was the unknown part of our day, more time was dedicated to the other site which promised tangible returns. Our first investigation was far briefer than what was needed. There are extremely steep slopes to negotiate and an entrance that betrays nothing to even a trained eye, except that advancing forward is fraught with real and present danger. Access to the site is not merely difficult that would be a gross understatement. It is only because artefacts researcher and spiritual archaeologist Klaus Dona sent us a photograph with the specific location marked out that we were now standing on this extraordinary site. Its series of tunnels, and what lays beyond, would never have been stumbled upon by us or anyone else. But fortunately, the site I will discuss today will never be vandalised. So commonplace is this desecration of well known or easily found sites that our first priority has always been focused around preventing this outrageous disrespect learning what the archaeology means and who was responsible for it must always take a back seat to its preservation.įor this reason, on occasions, I have been deliberately obscure when supplying details in relation to situation and geography.

Unfortunately, the wanton disregard of Original engravings and stone arrangements, some thousands and often tens of thousands of years old, is so much a part and parcel of archaeology in Australia. Our research team has been to, and returned to, many sacred and historic sites that have been ruthlessly vandalised.

Steven strong out of australia