From Alice Springs to Tennant Creek

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By Grace. Most of the day was spent in the car-we had a long way to go. On the way, we stopped at Devil's Marbles. The Aboriginals believe that they are the eggs laid by the Rainbow Serpent. We stopped to get petrol at two roadhouses-they weren't very nice, especially the toilets.

At Tennant Creek, we stayed at a cabin instead of the van so that we could leave quickly the next morning. That night, we went to a Bush Tucker Man's performance teaching us about bush tucker. He was half Aboriginal and was born in Mt Isa. He grew up on the Georgina River in Cammoweal (QLD), with his mum and lived in a humpy (under gumtree 69!). He never went to school (lucky!).

He taught us how to cook fish on a fire, the Aboriginal way, and taught us different uses of different types of plants. One of them comes in handy for me-Acacia Wattle used to stop pain and itch of mosquito bites. He showed us berries from mistletoe that were edible and we got to try them. They were really nice.

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