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A Didgeridoo Day

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It is obvious this male peacock knows a pretty girl when he sees one. Proud As A Peacock Bob. An aboriginal shield. Our guide demonstrated lust how useful a small but extremely heavy shield could be. And when not used to deflect spears and clubs it was very useful for digging a water hole. As we learned, the peoples learned to live with the land. Who needs matches. Hard wood spear thrower rubbed on soft wood log equals fire. Linda always does this whenever there is a grain grinding display. All the things one needs to live in the bush. An early English group that set out to journey across this area even took along a grand piano. They all died out there. So much for being the superior race because they were civilized. Can you guess which one is called a thorny devil? We can now say we have seen dingoes. Aboriginal art is everywhere. And yes, we have bought our share of it to bring back. Thought Linda would look awesome in this. Here reply was, “Sure,...