The land around Waterfall Gully provided the original inhabitants with a number of resources. The bark from the local stringybark trees ("Eucalyptus obliqua") was used in the construction of winter huts, and stones and native timbers were used to form tools. Food was also present, and cossid moth larvae along with other species of plants and animals were collected. Nevertheless, there were only a few resources that could only be found on the slopes, and "both hunting and food gathering would in general have been easier on the rich plains".