My friendly neighbours

Last Wednesday one of the local Traditional Owners gave the teachers permission to go fishing on his land.



The Bininj ladies cooked some damper for us.

Woody made a crocodile in the sand with Shaun and Ang's daughters.

On the way home I stopped at Red Lily to tak a photo of the sunset.


As I was walking over there was a crashing through the waterlillies only 5m away from me. I could actually see the lillies being pushed aside and for a minute thought it might have been a water buffallo but then I heard the splash as it entered the water and realised it was large croc. It went under water for a little while but then popped up out in the middle.

Gunbalanya Prison Camp

Shortly after I moved in I put in a request to NT Housing to put up a fence between my place and the vacant lot next door due to the number of people who were wandering through my yard. They promised me they would do so immediately. Five months and at least a dozen promises later it finally happened but they've gone from one extreme to the other - check out the size of the fence thet have erected.

West Arnhem

I flew out to our outstation or homeland communities recently to conduct the National Literacy and Numeracy Tests (NAPLAN). The testing wasn't exactly fun but the 45 minute joyflight over West Arnhem definitely was.

This is Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) from the air.

This is the house where I live.

This is one of the escarpments we flew over.

Recently one of my friends had one of his friends up to stay with him. Whilst he was here we took a trip out to Ubirr Rock, which is just the other side of the East Alligator River, about 15km from Gunbalanya.

Last week we took the kids on an excursion to Yellow Water, which is a tourist attraction in Kakadu not far from Jabiru. We went for a cruise on their boats and saw some crocodiles.





We also saw a pair of Brolgas, and got to see one of the Brolgas doing his mating dance.