To go walkabout means to go on a journey of self-discovery. Aborigines, young and old, head into the desert barefoot and with few possessions for days, weeks, and months on end. It is a right of passage for young men, an end of life quest for the elderly, and an ongoing connection to spirit in the years throughout one’s [...]
Category Archives: Landscape
Bush Tucker
“Tucker” That’s an everyday word in Australia, but one that is foreign to many Americans. A mom might say to her child, “Remember to take your tucker box with you!” as her child is running out the door to go to school. The term “tucker box” can be interchanged with the term “lunch box” because the [...]
Uluru’s Secret
If you’ve ever cleared a garden or a field filled with rocks, you know that many of the larger rocks must be dug out of the ground before they can be removed. They have settled, over time, deep into the earth, and the same is true of Uluru, one of the largest monoliths in the world. Uluru (also known [...]
