As the wind and salt spray wear away the eastern sandstone cliffs of Bare Island an ancient pattern has been brought to the surface.

Oblivious to its origin or meaning, fishers cast from the nearby rocks, children search for crabs in tidal pools and couples take selfies. Above the wall and hidden from view the iconic Bare Island Fort stands testament to a Sydney fearful of a Russian invasion more than 137 years ago.

Here on this cliff wall these patterns would have been wrought tens of thousands of year ago. Perhaps they were part of the chaotic labyrinth of an ancient worm. Perhaps an ancient root system built the precursors of this intricate pattern.

What ever created these patterns, they will only be with us for a short while as time wears all things down. A hundred years from now who can saw what will remain.

This ancient braille being nothing more than a brief moment in time.