#aborigines

We decided to cancel our trip to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and head to Uluru instead, becuze big rock = cool 😎. Rather than flying for 3 hours and 30 minutes, we chose to take a 30‑hour Boiiis road trip, saving money and making new memories along the way 🥹. During the drive, we spotted all kinds of animals and… interesting human species. The beautiful nature arountd us felt like it was calling our names as we waited to reach our final stop. After 1 day and 16 hours of agonizing heat, standing in front of it made every sweaty second worth it. It was an adventure we’ll never forget. OS

When we finally reached the giant boulder, we took a moment to soak it all in, the nature, the scenery, and the smell of pure freedom 🦅. As we were about to walk around the whole rock, an Indigenous group stopped us. They were fascinated by our technology, probably wondering why we looked like lost tourists. We sat down at a small rock shaped like a table and started talking. They told us the origin of Uluru, that it’s sacred to the Aṉangu people and was shaped by Ancestral Beings in the Dreaming. Geologically, it formed about 550 million years ago from compressed sand pushed upright over time. But then something went wrong. Maybe we mispronounced a word, maybe we were breathing too loudly. All we know is they suddenly started chasing us. And to make things even more worse, a man riding a kangaroo joined the chase (as seen in the picture above). We sprinted like our lives depended on it, dove into our car, and drove off. We ended up finding a hotel near the landmark close enough to enjoy the view, but far enough that no one would recognize us. NB

The Yara-ma-yha-who is a legendary creature found in Australian Aboriginal mythology. The legend is recounted by David Unaipon. According to legend, the creature resembles a little red frog-like man with a very big head, a large mouth with no teeth and suckers on the ends of its hands and feet.

Original and Indigenous Australians that the mainstream media won’t show you celebrating the New Year.

Artwork, other - woven basket, Lisa Waup, Custom, 2016 emu feathers, pine needles, job seeds, cotton. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5b6e81dc21ea671658023822

Lisa Waup is an award winning Gunditjmara and Torres Strait Islander artist. Her work Woven History embodies the strong traditional customary associations with the Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea through this ceramic and woven neck piece. The front represents the sunrise and the waters of the Strait, and the back represents the sunset symbolising the connection that PNG has with the Torres Strait, the complex trade practice, intricate kinship relationships and social behaviour. Lisa says the shape of Woven History is typical of a shell that would have traditionally been worn in ceremony and celebrates my ancestral connections with Erub Island in the Torres Strait, and my children’s ancestral connections to PNG through their father. This highly personal piece celebrates identity, heritage and history of the region.https://lisawaup.com.au/

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