Walga Rock 

Discover 10,000 years of Aboriginal history at Western Australia’s largest gallery of rock art. Walga Rock, also known as Walghana, is five kilometres in diameter and 1.5 kilometres in length and is Australia’s second-largest monolith after Uluru. 

Covering about 50 hectares, this 2.6 billion-year-old monzogranite has eroded in parts to form a series of rock overhangs. These provided shelter for Aboriginal people for thousands of years.

One of these shallow caves contains more than 980 motifs drawn in ochre from nearby Wilgie Mia, depicting snakes, emus, kangaroo tracks and hands. Most intriguing of all is a painting of what appears to be a square-rigged sailing ship – its provenance baffling people for nearly 100 years.

Walga Rock is located 48 kilometres west of Cue, which is an eight-hour drive northeast of Perth. 

Please note: Visits to Wilgie Mia are restricted and cannot be undertaken without permission.