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Our host in the city, Janawirri Yiparrka, took us for a
drive around the town on our first day there.
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One of the first stops... Bondi Beach.
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Then out to the entrance to the bay, where we got a look
back at the city.
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Then we got to see a genuine Aborigine interacting with the
wildlife.
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We went browsing at Blackbooks, a great resource of material
on the Aboriginal people, both in the past and present.
Aboriginally owned and operated, it's housed in the same
building as a school with educational programs both for and
about Aboriginal people. Hopefully I can put up more info
about this soon... we mailed some catalogs home in a slow
boat!
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On another day, Janawirri and his friend Troy took us "out
bush."
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We saw ancient rock engravings, including this series of
sea life.
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And we had a very rare opportunity to see a live echidna
(porcupine) in the wild. Here it is trying to hide from
Janawirri, who threatened to take him home for dinner.
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Down the trail from the echidna was a spectacular waterfall,
with a powerful wind pushing the other direction, shooting a
spray up over the dropoff. Here's Brandi enjoying the
shower.
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Here's Randy, staying relatively dry on the other edge.
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