Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Rock Art Site

Rock Art and Lookout

Along this walk you’ll find the renowned Anbangbang gallery and shelter along with the Kunwarddewardde lookout. The lookout surveys the impressive Arnhem Land escarpment with its sandstone cliffs and expansive savanna woodlands.

For the Traditional Custodians of this area art (kunbim) is an expression of cultural identity and connection to Country. The act of painting is generally more important than the painting itself so many older paintings are covered by more recent works.

The main rock art site along this walk is the Anbangbang gallery and shelter. Here, and nearby, you’ll find a concentration of numerous artistic styles spanning various time periods that capture an array of subjects. See representations of creation beings, such as Namarrkon (lightning man), intriguing depictions of European sailing ships from first contact with white people and x-ray art of animals and fish. 

Wildlife

There’s many endemic species on this walk and you may encounter the chestnut-quilled rock pigeon or the black wallaroo (barrk). On your way up to Kunwarddehwardde lookout take a moment to listen to the helmeted friar birds or try to spot the elusive spangled drongos while emerald doves and banded fruit-doves dart about the tree canopy.  

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