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hawkesbury river monster ☹

It's depicted as having a snake-like head, long neck, large body and two sets of flippers with an eel-like tail. Ring a bell? Yep, it's Nessie reborn in the Hawkesbury River.

This urban myth has rolled through the decades, getting more elaborate as the years go by.

From reports of unexplained slide marks on the riverbanks, to crushed and abandoned boats whose owners have vanished, some even say the mystery goes back to the Darug people of the region who depicted the water monster in their art.