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Day 11, Wednesday 19th
Big breakfast and checked out, stocked up on supplies, posted a couple of blogs and checked back into our 'home away from home!' We haven't finished with Yulara yet so have decided to spend another night here at the camp ground.
The girls and I did a dot painting workshop with Bessie, a local Anangu artist. Which we all really enjoyed and came away with our own dot painting. We learned about animal tracks, bush tucker, and hunting and gathering tools,
"Wood tools (spears, digging stick and boomerang) and carvings and how the aboriginal women carried the bowls on their heads, and ate sugar ants and witchety grubs. The bowls were carved from trees and patterns burned with individual heated pieces of wire" says Olivia. We heard stories of Aboriginal Ancestors, the dot painting techniques as a depiction of desert landscapes and a little about the aboriginal native language. "Palya" means....hello, welcome, you get it, yes, thank you, a variety of things depending on the situation.
Very informative and fun! And I now personally have a whole new appreciation for aboriginal art.
In the arvo we road our bikes around the base of the rock. Another completely different perspective of this amazing place. Took a bit longer than expected to do the 9.4 kms as Olivia "accidentally" rode into a desert banana prickly or "the end of it" bush!
Another attempt at family selfie photo!
Rushed to reload the bikes so we could catch the last of the sunset and have our next and final attempt at family photo! I'm not sure we've nailed it but it's as good as it gets! The selfie stick is somewhat overrated!
Back into camp after dark. Not a great idea as we were back in the gravel pit free camp area and literally just pulled up in the middle of a whole heap of other campers.
DJ Grace played Spotify music and we were all finally able to relax into the groove of the van!
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