we went down to the beach to watch the moon turn red ....

 

we just got back from 5 days camping at Wathawuy - or Latram River -

its only 25 minutes drive from Yirrkala and so good!

we had the whole place to ourselves for the first three days

A Bower Bird had made his nest just next to the river bank 

quite an elaborate construction with all sorts of silver bits lining the 

entrance.  We spent lots of our time watching him as he tried to

lure in lady birds ....

Aside from that, and swimming, we did alot of camp cooking - including a slow roast lamb

( thanks for Bec and Jo turning up to help us eat that..)

and I made camp over scones ! With help from the boys

in the fire ... and out

 

cooked perfectly !  with jam of course ...

this is the kids favourite swimming spot - named 'the special spot '

somehow they ended up with matching outfits and 

did matching dance moves ...

the pack - up !

bucket of baby turtles

and emu

and dog

 

 

 

 

day trip

D A R W I N

We went to Darwin on the 5th august for a week of things 

which happened so long ago I can hardly remember what they were ....

one thing - the opening of the Yirrkala Drawings at CDU

with a ton of dancers from here who performed the most amazing

bunngul and made amazing speeches 

waiting for the opening to start

two things - the opening of Yuta (New) at Nomad Art - a selection 

of our prints by our young printmakers. We had to do another talk

three things - DJ Marika's graduation from 

ANKAAA Art workers Extension Program

four things - the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

we had a stall, we sold some barks and poles and worked the weekend 

five - Godut and Rebecca got their hair braided ... !

six things - the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

where the talented Garawan Wanambi won the prize for best bark (see here)

we celebrated in style with pizza and soft drink on the balcony 

of their swanky apartment and took group photos

Godut and Rebecca with Yinimala (our chairperson at Buku) 

Gawirrin and his wife Manini

With Will and Kade

Will with DJ 

last thing - oyster and wine on the beach as the sunset, last night 

that was enough for one week ..