Stencil Paintings

The freehand nets tell us this was also a burial ground and we were asked to treat the area with respect. Paintings were either made from ochre blown from the artists mouth or a crude twig brush. Hands, animal tracks, tools used for hunting were represented.

Carnarvon Gorge QLD: A Pilgrimage

August 5th 2013
Walking part or all of Carnarvon Gorge seems to be a pilgrimage for Grey Nomads, aged between 50 and 80, travelling mostly in pairs with water, a packed lunch, a broad brimmed hat and a stick. Only occasionally a single male or female was spotted. (It was rare to find young back packers on the track.) You could hear their mental chatter, "We've finished working our butts off and now, here we a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Carnarvon Gorge

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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