Maarli Mia means the home of the swan, and we saw tons and tons of it this week. It started with a famous Aboriginal artist painting three ganache works in front of us instead of going to class on Thursday. They were beautiful, and there's nothing like watching an artist work, especially if you know how they feel. The next day we packed into a tiny little school bus bubble-like car thing (yeah I know, I'll get a picture of it next time), and drove all around and outside the city. We stopped at an Aboriginal art gallery where we got to hear stories from a tribal elder named Primus and were fed an amazing super fancy lunch of kangaroo, emu, crocodile, bush tomato and pepper pate, beer soaked macademia nuts, jam tarts, berry ice cream,
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