This is a wild 'salty' or salt water crocodile--although this is a fresh water billabong. The crocs come inlan d during the wet season and get stuck, or just like to stay in the fresh water system. It is amusing that this water system is part of the Alligator River system--but Australia does not have Alligators. The explorer who charted this system saw numerous crocs and called them alligators.
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A different kind of Aussie art....
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This is Namarrgon--the lightening man. He looks like an alien to me.
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July 15, 2012 Our road trip into Australia's Northern Outback was truely a 'lifetime' experience. We enjoyed our tours and the amazing wildlife and sights. But the best part of our trip was learning more of the history and culture of the Aborigine people. The visitor cultural centers at Cooinda and Jabiru had many artifacts and pictures of the Aboriginal life. We enjoyed reading the actual stories from the aborigines themselves. The Aborigines are true caretakers of the land--the country they call it. An example is the area in Kakadu that the Aborigines call 'sickness country'. The Elders have said that if people disturb the rocks in this part of the country they will become 'unwell'. This area of the country is where rich deposits of unranium have been discovered. Mining interests have been fighting in the courts for the rights to mine the uranium.But the Aborigines have refused permission to mine the sickness country--not for more money or royalties, but because they do not want even the white man to fall ill from the sick rocks. Scientists have estimated that the Aborigines have been in Australia for possibly 50,000 years--making them one of the oldest human cultures on the earth. The scientists say that the Aborigines have been here for 50,000 years--the Aborigines know that they have been here forever. The Aborigines know that they have survived fire and floods, cold and heat, diseases and famine--and they say they will survive the white man ,too.
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This is Nabulwinjbulwinj-- he is an evil guy who eats females after hittting them on the head with yams. The aborigines do not have a written language so their laws and stories are handed down verbally through their stories and art.
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Tens of thousands of years of Aborigine art. Their laws prohibit them from changing or altering an older picture-- but they can cover an older picture. The artisits used natural rocks for color and mixed them with blood or fat to resist water damage.
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