A Rock In Time

written by Michael Langley on behalf of the Strong’s Research team

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains images
and voices of people who have died.

This article is written from within the Bambara State forest otherwise known as the
Brisbane Waters National Park. We would like to first Acknowledge and Thank the Awabal
People for giving us the privilege of walking in their traditional lands. Our team works within
this traditional country, looking for sacred sites that have sat there undisturbed for a very
long time. Our team is a research team that works with the traditional owners of this land
under the guidance of Gavi Duncan, Graham King, Nina Anglo & Steve and Evan Strong. And
this is just one of the interesting rocks our team has managed to come across.

This sandstone rock has, as you can see, had some amazing work done on it. It is
approx.. 1.5mtrs tall and approx. 1 meter across. It has what are called ‘shells’* on both
sides - these are said to ‘ramp up’ the energies of the stone - [allows one to connect with
the particular energies in situ for the apparent benefit of aligning conscious intent for input
into the memory field] One shell has pigment in the bottom still embedded in the
sandstone, a beautiful green.
 There are assorted markings and sculptured areas on the outer exposed surface of
this rock. The first thing we noticed is what looks to be a Goanna/snake/dinosaur head

You can clearly see the shape of the head, along with the eye and mouth. It has a crack
starting just above its mouth and runs back through the head and down the neck area. You
can see the area around the chin raises slightly.
The top of the head has a small indentation before following the same line of the head.

As you can see from this side on picture above the face laps around the side of the rock.
From this side the eye and mouth are far more visible. You can also see the changes along
the muzzle or nose, and the varying shape around the eye.
 Right below the head are a pair of grooves going across the face of the rock, you can
see the smaller grooves around this area, we will get into more detail later with the shapes
around the grooves. There is the same groove pattern on the bottom part and a small
amount on one side as in the following pictures

As you can clearly see the bottom has similar grooves on the lower portion of the rock as
well as marks and lines going out from the grooves.
With the last set of markings we are unsure of who made them at this stage, though we
continue to investigate threads, as well as look for correlating patterns with any new
discoveries on all additional sites we discover.

(upside down picture)

The one thing we can say about this rock, is that at this stage these markings cannot be
positively identified as Original People’s work and possibly from an older epoch. At any rate
it appears someone has left us with a rock out of time.
 The last 3 pictures are of the rock in question including shells* which still hold
pigment in the bottom on one side. Now this is the side with the least amount of work but
has a beautiful feature none the less.
Looking over these last pictures you can see markings and spots than can identify this as all
one rock. This is from one of 5 sites our team is currently looking at. And this doesn’t include
the Kariong glyph site among that 5, And with the guidance of the Original Custodians of this
country, we all work towards the protection and preservation of such wonderful culture and
history, even if some things look all out of place from that which we are taught.
* Shell is a colloquial terminology applied to the geological artefact of a hollow shell-shaped
amphitheatre type formation that occurs in sandstone. These formations occur in many
locations, though strikingly occur more often in conjunction with lines of energy or vortices.
As we have been informed they are often used as meditation or singing places and in this
regard seem to parallel the use of, or one of the uses of, dolmens in the northern
hemisphere. (pers com Trevor Wie)