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The Gosford Glyphs, also known as Kariong Hieroglyphs, are a group of approximately 300 Egyptian-style hieroglyphs located in Kariong, Australia. They are found in an area known for its Aboriginal petroglyphs, just between Gosford and Woy Woy, New South Wales, within the Brisbane Water National Park.
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Gosford Glyphs

Hieroglyphic Walking Track, Kariong NSW 2250, Australia
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The Gosford Glyphs, also known as Kariong Hieroglyphs, are a group of approximately 300 Egyptian-style hieroglyphs located in Kariong, Australia. They are found in an area known for its Aboriginal petroglyphs, just between Gosford and Woy Woy, New South Wales, within the Brisbane Water National Park.

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Leigh TulleyLeigh Tulley
beautiful and fascinating, with many academic debates to the veracity of the glyphs. Other places in Australia and indeed ancient Africa and the Middle East lend credence to trade with the original inhabitants of Terra Australis Modetn day Original Australians verify the story and some of the glyphs (recognising some are modern day fakes) . The "Mother tree" has a sense of majesty. Before I understood its importance to local original Australians I felt a sense of comfort at the base of the tree. This is a sacred sight, so please maintain a sense of reverence and should you please, seek permission/ offer gratitude to the mother tree for allowing your presence.
Peter DonahuePeter Donahue
Can be a bit tough finding the glyphs but as you walk off the main walking track head towards the large rock face. As you climb up you'll see warning sign about falling rocks. A bit further to the right of the sign where two large rock slabs come together you may see scrawled arrows pointing down to a low opening. Get down on all fours and crawl through and all will be revealed on both sides of a narrow path between the engraved slabs.
Cassie TuCassie Tu
Well worth trying to find it. It is veer left when you see the grandmother tree in your sights. Walk up to it and the follow the bush path until you see the rock shelves. It is hard to then see this split in the rock. But there is where you walk through to see the glyphs on the other of this split and the glyphs. It took us 15 mins to the grandmother tree from the dirt carpark that other reviews have mentioned.
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beautiful and fascinating, with many academic debates to the veracity of the glyphs. Other places in Australia and indeed ancient Africa and the Middle East lend credence to trade with the original inhabitants of Terra Australis Modetn day Original Australians verify the story and some of the glyphs (recognising some are modern day fakes) . The "Mother tree" has a sense of majesty. Before I understood its importance to local original Australians I felt a sense of comfort at the base of the tree. This is a sacred sight, so please maintain a sense of reverence and should you please, seek permission/ offer gratitude to the mother tree for allowing your presence.
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Can be a bit tough finding the glyphs but as you walk off the main walking track head towards the large rock face. As you climb up you'll see warning sign about falling rocks. A bit further to the right of the sign where two large rock slabs come together you may see scrawled arrows pointing down to a low opening. Get down on all fours and crawl through and all will be revealed on both sides of a narrow path between the engraved slabs.
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Well worth trying to find it. It is veer left when you see the grandmother tree in your sights. Walk up to it and the follow the bush path until you see the rock shelves. It is hard to then see this split in the rock. But there is where you walk through to see the glyphs on the other of this split and the glyphs. It took us 15 mins to the grandmother tree from the dirt carpark that other reviews have mentioned.
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1y

its destroyed the government went and destroyed it due to the pressure from the aboriginal elders... they were threatening to destroy live on radio because it conflicts with their agenda... claiming they're fake and this was s sign of "vandalism" to their land yet it was there for decades and none of them cared until the actual ancient egypt egyptologists (BORN AND RAISED IN EGYPT NOT ONE FROM A UNIVERSITY FROM THE WESTERN WORLD ESPECIALLY AUSTRALIA) said half of it is real and the rest isn't. Just look at the most recent photos others have posted of all the signs from NSW Government agencies. The funny thing is they chose to do all this construction during the one period people would likely not visit... Christmas time...

You can still see the videos on reddit and youtube they literally went all out with heavy machinery installing temporary power, scaffolding and have installed a big steel gate and barricaded everything off to prevent other people from visiting. all of this started literally a few months after the glyphs were actually sent to egypt to be examined and the kooris went on the radio talking about how it's fake and it is vandalism and said they would destroy them then the government apprently went in there for their "regular rock testing" and it was determined there was a high chance of the rocks collapsing and put up signs to stay out yet if you seen the site during the first part of council construction the rock that apparently fell looked like someone was smashing into with a jackhammer then over the weeks instead of just destroying the site where the glyphs were they destroyed the entire pathway there too HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

the government completely obliterated it and its just a massive pile of ruins now 😂😂😂 unless youre a small individual there is no way you can get there now... i'm 5'5 and was barely able to crawl and climb through and wouldnt do it again now because of how dangerous the council made it to there just to see a pile of smashed rocks just look for the videos on youtube of people recording all the heavy equipment and heavy machinery at the site the government used...

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6y

A nice walk on a nice day through a nice park. A little bit difficult to find, hopefully the photo's I've attached will help guide you to the site. As some suspect, the carvings did not seem genuine to me. However, this did not diminish the experience of seeing them nor did it diminish the enjoyment of the outing. There is a bit of a climb through some rocks to get to the rock carvings, so make sure you have some good footware.

To get there, park at the top of Bambara Rd (on Woy Woy Rd) and walk down the maintenance road (Bambara Rd). Next, look for a fork to the left and take that trail. Next, look for some rocks on the left of the trail (they can be difficult to see due to the folliage) and a distinctive patch of trees in a bit of a clearing on the right (see photos). Just past the distinctive trees in the clearing, There are two turns you can take to the left. One is at 90 degrees to the trail another is a fork (see photos). Both paths lead towards a large rock outcrop. The carvings are just behind the a very distinctive "honeycomb" looking rock just past the "beware of falling...

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beautiful and fascinating, with many academic debates to the veracity of the glyphs. Other places in Australia and indeed ancient Africa and the Middle East lend credence to trade with the original inhabitants of Terra Australis Modetn day Original Australians verify the story and some of the glyphs (recognising some are modern day fakes) .

The "Mother tree" has a sense of majesty. Before I understood its importance to local original Australians I felt a sense of comfort at the base of the tree.

This is a sacred sight, so please maintain a sense of reverence and should you please, seek permission/ offer gratitude to the mother tree for allowing...

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