Wednesday 22 September 2010

Arnhem Land

We did a day trip from Kakadu NP into Arnhem Land to see some of the best rock art in the world. We had a really wonderful Aboriginal guide called Uncle Tomo, a very quiet, gentle and thoughtful person. He's lived in Arnhem Land all of his life and he told us some amazing stories and showed us some incredible rock art. We also saw a buriel site (a skeleton of a man) in a cave that was 30,000 years old. There was so much art that it was a bit overwhelming but here is a snap shot of what we saw.



This little guy in an echidna:



This is our lovely guide:



This is me under some rock art. There were no barriers which made it really special.



This is mimi, a spirit. There are good and bad mimis and this is a bad one.







This is our lunch spot. Rock art above us and an awesome view in front of us.




It was a very special day and it was difinitely one of the highlights of the trip so far


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