The cache is located near an Aboriginal engraving site. The engraving is of a Whale with a fish in it's belly. Although some say it is a sea-ray or basking shark because it has gills.
A plaque nearby tells this story about the engraving.
The Arrival of the Dharawal
At the start of time, all the people were animals that lived in another land and the best means of travel was by water. Some of the animals decided that it was time to go live in another country to find better hunting grounds.
Whale, who was bigger than everyone else, owned the only canoe big enough to carry them all. Whale was not a friendly one and would not lend the canoe, so they got Starfish, Whale’s only friend, to help by doing something with him so they could sneak the canoe away.
One day Starfish said to Whale “You’ve got lots of mulas, let me clean them for you” and so Whale agreed.
They went to a sunny place on the rocks lying in the sun. Whale soon fell asleep and the other animals slipped away in his canoe. Koala, being the strongest, was the main rower.
But Whale woke up and was very angry with his friend Starfish and they had a fight. Starfish hit the whale on the top of the head and put a hole in it.
Whale won the fight, beating poor starfish and throwing him to the bottom of the rock pool where we find him today. Whale then chased the other animals, swimming as fast as he could, spurting water out of the hole in his head. They reached land in what is now known as Port Kembla.
Brolga then stamped a hole in the boat and it sunk. It can be seen at low tide in the harbour.
Whale is still seen going up and down the coast today looking for his canoe, spurting water from the hole in his head.
As related by Beryl Timbery Beller, Dharawal elder. (source: csiro)
with homage to the Dharawal people.
Mula = Man
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