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'The Stone of Dreamtime' | Visiting Ancient Ochre Pits

Sep 15, 2018
2 min

'The Stone of Dreamtime' | Visiting Ancient Ochre Pits

I visited these amazingly beautiful Ochre Pits in the MacDonnell ranges before I left Alice springs. Known as the 'Stone of Dreamtime', Aboriginal people have extracted Ochre from these cliffs for thousands of years. The Ochre from here is still used by Western Aranda people, mainly for ceremonial purposes. The traditional Aboriginal stories and ceremonies for this site belong to Western Aranda men. Ochre is integral to the Dreamtime stories of creation and law of Aboriginal

The Road to the Desert Mob 2018

Aug 29, 2018
2 min

The Road to the Desert Mob 2018

Most years I travel back home to Australia to visit the Desert Mob, one of the most important Aboriginal Art and cultural events. This time I had the chance to visit many wonderful exhibitions and explore the ancient Aboriginal cave drawings in Kimberly. I arrived in Sydney and was greeted by a beautiful warm winter morning and made my way to my sisters home at Oyster Bay, where I have been woken every morning by the inimitable sound of the Kukkaburra. I could hardly wait to

Sacred places | Kata Tjuta

Mar 28, 2018
3 min

Sacred places | Kata Tjuta

Kata Tjuta means 'many heads', it is a stunning rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory made up of 36 enormous domes. They cover an area of 21.68 km2 and the highest point is 546 metres tall, which is 198 m higher than Uluru (Ayers rock)! A scared place for 'Anangu' The Pitjantjatjara Aborigines, who call themselves ‘Anangu’ (meaning people), habit in this part of Australia. They live mostly in the northwest of South Australia and just across the border

15 Mind Blowing Outback Facts!

Dec 21, 2017
3 min

15 Mind Blowing Outback Facts!

This extraordinary place has been home to Aboriginal Australians for up to 68,000 years. The Outback is a huge, diverse region which covers most of Australia - anywhere outside of densely populated coastal areas is considered to be part. It is made up of 10 deserts, but also sub- tropical savanna, as well as the largest temperate woodland on Earth. So, here are our favourite facts about this extraordinary place... 1) Uluru is taller than the Eiffel Tower! Uluru stands 348 met

Sacred Places | The Pinnacles

Nov 25, 2017
3 min

Sacred Places | The Pinnacles

The Pinnacles Desert is deep within the Nambung National Park, in Western Australia. It is an other worldly landscape with thousands of jagged Limestone pillars piercing the desert sands, some over five meters tall. The Pinnacles are an ever changing spectacle with desert and coastal winds moving sand dunes, constantly rearranging the face of this incredible site. Smaller pinnacles disappear, buried under the sand, only to re-emerge days later as the winds change direction. I

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