Strange weather. A late night road stop at an abandoned roadhouse, in between wild storms on the road to Uluru recently.

#stormy #abandoned #haunted #roadhouse

C'mon Australia! Listen to your heart! We can do this today! ❤️

#yes23 #voteyes #uluru #ulurustatementfromtheheart

The referendum on the Voice to Parliament will be held next Saturday. 

What the Voice will do:

- The Voice will be a committee of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who will give advice to Parliament and Government on matters that affect them.

- Members will be chosen by Indigenous people in their local area and will serve for a fixed term.

- Enshrining the Voice means that it can't easily be abolished at the whim of future governments. 

What the Voice will NOT do:

- It will not take anything away from non-indigenous Australians. 

- It is NOT a United Nations conspiracy to take away your land or property. 

- It is NOT a vote for Apartheid. 

- No additional taxes will be imposed to 'pay' for the Voice committee.

A yes vote is simply the right thing to do. A yes vote will mean that our Government will finally, properly listen to Indigenous voices and work towards closing the gap in health, education and opportunities. 

Come on Australia. We can do it.

#voteyes #yes23 #uluru #indigenousvoice #ulurustatementfromtheheart

Credit to @raejmartens for the excellent words. 🙂

School holiday adventures in Bronte the bus to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. We discovered a new favourite beachside camp at a beautiful place called Lipsons Cove. And somehow, we were the only people camping there! 

#seeaustralia #southaustralia #eyrepeninsula

Our favourite salt lake in outback South Australia. Lake Hart. This is Kokatha country. We're currently on holidays in Bronte the bus for a week or two. It's been nice to get back on the road again.

#saltlake #kokatha #lakehart #seeaustralia #southaustralia #roadtrip

Waterfalls and low clouds descend upon Uluru during the recent wet weather in Central Australia. What a magical sight!

This is Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yangkunytjatjara country. 

#uluru #anangu #rain #waterfall #seeaustralia #nt

Winter burning along the Kata Tjuta Road with this mad crew! Definitely my favourite part of the job. The Operations team at Uluru are currently recruiting for more rangers. Come join our team! Link to job ad in bio.

#ranger #outback #uluru #anangu #fire #nationalpark #job

Saving tjakura (great desert skink). This fascinating lizard lives in large burrow complexes in family groups of up to four generations. The tjakura is sadly listed as a threatened species due to the introduction of feral species and changes to traditional fire patterns. The tjakura is ecologically and culturally important. 

Ranger groups across the desert have teamed up to help protect the tjakura. A talented group of Anangu artists created these amazing tjakura sculptures at Walkatjara for today's launch of 'Mulyamiji March'. Everyone came together this afternoon to learn more about this beautiful lizard and to hear tjakura tjukurpa.

Mutitjulu School students, Walkatjara artists and staff, College staff, Aged Care residents, community workers, scientists, the Threatened Species Commissioner and Parks staff were all there to celebrate the tjakura. It was a lovely afternoon in the desert!

Big thanks to the NCR crew for organising today's launch event and to everyone else who helped make today a huge success.

www.indigenousdesertalliance.com/stories/desert-rangers-are-saving-the-great-desert-skink-from-extinction

Wai palya! Ngayulu pukularinyi! Pitjanjatjara nintiringanyi-na.

You're looking at a proud graduate of the 2023 Summer School - Pitjantjatjara Yangkunytjatjara Language and Culture course at the University of South Australia. I recently spent two weeks in the big smoke (Adelaide) learning from the best Pitjantjatjara teachers in the universe. My teachers for this incredible course included Nyunmiti Burton and Rene Kulitja (pictured). Approximately 60 students from all walks of life attended the school in Adelaide.

Pitjantjatjara and Yangkunytjatjara are 'sister dialects' of a larger language group called the Western Desert Language (which covers a large part of Central and Western Australia). Pitjantjatjara is considered a relatively healthy Aboriginal language with approximately 3,500 native speakers living in South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia (2021 Census Data). There is a comprehensive dictionary printed and a growing number of reading resources available for schools. According to Wikipedia, APY lands schools taught a bilingual curriculum until the late 1980s, when the programs were defunded, and teaching reverted to English only. In December 2018, it was announced that the South Australian Government would commit to teaching in the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara languages, with English as an additional language, by 2029. It is vital that schools are properly funded and staffed to teach Anangu kids in  Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara to ensure the continuation of these precious languages.

I've still got a long way to go in my own learning journey, but this course has really inspired me to reach for the stars. Hopefully, I can prove that you're never too old to learn new things!

It was an incredible two weeks in the big smoke. I met so many passionate people and made so many new friends. I took Nyunmiti and Rene op shopping, checked out one of Nyumiti's incredible paintings in a fancy gallery, and had a picnic at the beach with my favourite Anangu teachers. It was also the longest that I've ever been away from my supportive family, and so it was very nice to come home to them again at Uluru. Palyau!

#anangu #pitjanjatjara

This timeless landscape, home to Anangu for tens of thousands of years, has my heart.

#uluru #anangu #seeaustralia #ntaustralia #sunset

Chasing puddles at Uluru this afternoon. It was a wet start to Saturday here, with 18.4mm recorded nearby at Yulara. I missed the early morning waterfalls but found some good sized puddles still lying around late this afternoon.

#uluru #seeaustralia #ntaustralia #desert

One last burst of golden light through the clouds at Uluru tonight. Have a beautiful weekend everyone.

#uluru #ntaustralia #seeaustralia #desert

A most treasured memory from earlier this year. Lake Ballard near Menzies was a bucket list destination for me. Located 2 hours drive north of Kalgoorlie in @westernaustralia, this remote salt lake is home to a unique art installation by British artist Antony Gormley. There are 51 metal figures located across the lake. That's me posing with a torch near one of the salt lake islands!

To the Wangkatha people, this special place holds the Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters, with the islands in the lake representing the seven sisters. The island featured in this image is the eldest of the sisters. For many Aboriginal peoples, the Seven Sisters are also represented in the night sky (a group of stars which Europeans know as the Pleiades constellation). 

I spent several hours wandering across this landscape in the dark and it certainly feels like a very spiritual and important place. 

The best time to visit Lake Ballard is during the cooler months. In summer the daily temperature on the lake can exceed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and it certainly felt like that when we visited in January. We spent most of the day sheltering in our air conditioned bus (thanks to solar power) and only ventured out on to the lake very late in the afternoon. Not surprisingly, we were the only people camped at the lake!

#lakeballard #menzies #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder #westernaustralia #kalgoorlie #seeaustralia #astrophotography #sculptures #outback #sevensisters #goldenoutback

Ngiyari (thorny devil). I rescued this cute little fella off the road today. 

#uluru #ngiyari #thornydevil #lizard #outback #seeaustralia

It's burn time at Uluru! We've been getting underway with the planned winter burns this week. The burns are lead by Anangu rangers with vast experience and superior knowledge in burning country and working with waru (fire) in these semi-arid landscapes. Anangu use fire to manage the landscape, to create a mixture of habitats for plants and animals, and to reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control during the summer months. I'm proud to be part of this awesome burn crew at Uluru!

#waru #uluru #anangu #uktnp  #parkranger #nationalgeographic #nationalpark

The waterfalls were flowing at Uluru today! This is Kantju Gorge, as captured on my way to work this morning. What a beautiful day in the desert!

This is Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara country.

#uluru #waterfall #ntaustralia #travelgatewayau #seeuluru #seeaustralia #anangu

Life is a fascinating journey full of unexpected twists and turns. After hiding out in WA for much of 2021, we are currently on a 3600km drive across Australia in our bus to the NT (via the Nullarbor). I have accepted an awesome job opportunity in the national park at Uluru. It will mean some big changes for our family but everyone is super excited and looking forward to this next chapter of our lives. 

We'll be taking a break from bus life and moving into a house at Mutitjulu. After several years living in a tiny space, we are ALL looking forward to living in a house! The boys will be going to school and Sam will continue to work remotely from home. After five years of being the stay-at-home Dad (and home school teacher for the past couple of years), I've got mixed feelings about returning to the workforce. It's been a privilege and a joy to be able to spend so much time with our boys each day and I'll miss it dearly. But I'm also thrilled to be returning to ranger work and to have the opportunity to work alongside Anangu again at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

We're currently on the Stuart Highway and waiting for the flooded section near Glendambo to reopen this week. Then it's onwards we go to Uluru!

🙂 Keiran

#buslife #travelwithkids #adventure #roadtrip #australia #uluru #anangu #yulara #nationalpark #ranger #seeaustralia #ntaustralia #nt @seeuluru

Another view of Lake Ballard near Menzies in WA. Located 2 hours drive north of Kalgoorlie, this remote salt lake is home to a unique art installation by British artist Antony Gormley. There are 51 metal figures located across the lake. Check out my previous post for an image of one of the sculptures at night (a long exposure astro shot).

To the Wangkatha people, this special place holds the Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters, with the islands in the lake representing the seven sisters. For many Aboriginal peoples, the Seven Sisters are also represented in the night sky (a group of stars which Europeans know as the Pleiades constellation). The island featured in this image is the eldest of the sisters.

The best time to visit Lake Ballard is during the cooler months. In summer the daily temperature on the lake can exceed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and it certainly felt like that when we visited last week. We spent most of the day sheltering in our air conditioned bus (thanks to solar power) and only ventured out on to the lake very late in the afternoon. Not surprisingly, we were the only people camped at the lake!

#lakeballard #menzies #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder #westernaustralia #kalgoorlie #seeaustralia #astrophotography #sculptures #outback #sevensisters #goldenoutback

A weekend trip to Lake Ballard near Menzies and a chance to tick another bucket list destination off my list. Located 2 hours drive north of Kalgoorlie, this remote salt lake is home to a unique art installation by British artist Antony Gormley. There are 51 metal figures located across the lake. 

To the Wangkatha people, this special place holds the Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters, with the islands in the lake representing the seven sisters. For many Aboriginal peoples, the Seven Sisters are also represented in the night sky (a group of stars which Europeans know as the Pleiades constellation). You can see the Seven Sisters in this image, just slightly above and to the right of the metal figure's head. The island in the background is the eldest of the sisters. 

I spent several hours wandering across this landscape last night and it certainly feels like a very spiritual and important place. 

The best time to visit Lake Ballard is during the cooler months. In summer the daily temperature on the lake can exceed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and it certainly felt like that yesterday. We spent most of the day sheltering in our air conditioned bus (thanks to solar power) and only ventured out on to the lake very late in the afternoon. Not surprisingly, we were the only people camped at the lake!

#lakeballard #menzies #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder #westernaustralia #kalgoorlie #seeaustralia #astrophotography #sculptures #outback #sevensisters #goldenoutback

We've been on the road for 2 years and 3 months now in our converted bus called Bronte. We've covered 42,000km and visited every mainland state and territory. It's been an incredible experience for the whole family and it ain't over yet! We're currently in Kalgoorlie WA, ticking off a few mechanical repair jobs, restocking the bus and preparing for the next leg of our adventure. Life on the road is surprisingly busy with Sam working full-time and me homeschooling the kids and taking care of day to day tasks. One day when I've got the time I'll put together a video of our trip or publish a book! Here's an old photo from our travels in Outback Queensland. We camped right here in this spot near Birdsville for a few days when the road became impassable due to unexpected rain. What an adventure!

#buslife #busconversion #skoolie #travelwithkids #ontheroad #seeaustralia #outback #birdsville #abcmyphoto #thisisqueensland #outbackqueensland

Without a doubt, the clearest ocean water in @australia is here in Kepa Kurl (Esperance). This is Wudjari Country in the Southern Noongar region.

#kepakurl #esperance #fromwhereidrone #mavic3 #westernaustralia #thisiswa #seeaustralia #abcmyphoto #beach

An aerial shot of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre captured enroute to Uluru many years ago. This beautiful landscape is 
particularly important to the Arabana and the Dieri People, whose connection to this country goes back tens of thousands of years.

#katithanda #lakeeyre #outback #aerialphotography #abstractlandscape #southaustralia #seeaustralia #abcmyphoto #natgeoyourshot

There are so many gorgeous beaches along the Esperance coastline that it's not too hard to escape the crowds (especially if you don't mind hiking there!).

#westernaustralia #esperance #beachesofaustralia #beachlife #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder #seeaustralia #abcmyphoto

Last light at Quobba blowholes near Carnarvon.

#lighthouse #seeaustralia #westernaustralia #thisiswa #quobba #quobbablowholes #abcmyphoto

This is where I've been hiding out for the past month! There is so much to explore along this spectacular piece of coastline. We may never leave this place!

#esperance #thisiswa #westernaustralia #seeaustralia #waves #ocean #gopro

Sunset tonight on the road near Condingup, Western Australia.

#sunset #summer #windmill #farm #condingup #esperance #seeaustralia #thisiswa #westernaustralia #outback

The impossibly pink Lake Hillier is an incredible sight to behold from the air! Located on Middle Island near Esperance, this was definitely a bucket list destination for me.

#westernaustralia #wanderoutyonder #LakeHillier #SeeAustralia #travel #thisiswa #sonyalphaanz #abcmyphoto

Dune wanderings in the late afternoon at Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. What a special place to visit.

This is Wagyl Kaip and Southern Noongar Country.

#travel #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #travel #seeaustralia #adventure #dunes #abcmyphoto #natgeoyourshot #nature #westernaustralia

Seven snapshots from Greens Pool near Denmark, @westernaustralia. The clarity of the water here is incredible!

This is Wagyl Kaip and Southern Noongar Country.

#thisiswa #wanderoutyonder #denmarkwa #ocean #abcmyphoto #SeeAustralia #westernaustralia

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