Hundreds of Sydney residents have said they would be searching for the hidden rock after a walker captured a photo of a Sphinx-like rock sculpture on the city’s cliffs.
The image was taken on the well-known Manly to Spit walking circuit on the northern beaches, and it depicted a Sphinx bust cut into a rock, with half of it covered in moss.
According to Kevin Decosta, who shared the image on Sunday, there are ‘a lot of’ other statues strewn across the northern beaches.
Two others, according to Mr. Decosta, are on private beachfront estates on Pittwater Bay, and two more are in the Newport area.
He said that recent weather conditions had caused the rock he photographed to move.
Due of the bad weather, Mr. Decosta said on Facebook, “I frequent this spot but today is my first trip in for quite some time.”
“The large seas/storm surge have skewed the cut face rock.” Sydney Harbour National Park’s Manly to Spit Track. my picture. There were around twelve faces etched on the northern beaches after World War II.
Following the tweet, some on social media speculated as to its precise location; one said it was at Washaway Beach, a little beach along the railroad.
One person proposed that the sculpture could have come from an artists’ commune that lived on the cliff in the 1970s.
While some claimed to be unaware of its existence, others indicated they would add seeing the Sydney Sphinx to their bucket list.