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Bush Tucker This is bush tucker. We got lankwa (bush banana) rratninga (bush passionfruit) bush bean, wangki (bush toimoato, and tjurrka (fig). Near to West MacDonnell ranges. Used to be Aunty taking us for bush tucker. 

Ilia (Emu) Thepa ilia itja alkiraka-errama. The emu does not fly.

Nturrurta (Spinifex Pigeon) Nturrurta is my Mum’s totem. For me we like seeing nturrurta when we go bush or somewhere in the road. They gather round in flocks and they stand really still where the spinifex grows, or even around Read more…

Bush Tucker Bush tucker this one. Little boy was picking up bush tucker. Karen’s little boy, my Gransdon. They’re going in the sand looking for mpaltjarta (wild orange). 

Playing Volleyball at Palm Valley Bush Trip That’s going Palm Valley bush trip with the old ladies. To do swimming, get kangaroo tail, old ladies making damper. Kids playing volleyball with net. That’s warra kuka (litle boy) with volley ball Read more…

My Grandmother at Lilla That’s my Grandmother at Lilla Outstation. Dawni, (my mother), Dawni’s sister, Dawni’s mum, me and my sister, not Karen, another one. That’s all of us at Lilla when I was young, sitting round campfire, talking story Read more…

Urlpaatja (ring-neck parrot) Urlpaartja is yellow and black and green. He likes sitting round when theres a tree with seeds. They come flying and they make noise when people sitting down. They maybe just say that they coming for seed. Read more…