A bit of culture...spear making!

There are several cultural tours on offer up here. We have enjoyed some indigenous experiences on our trip...and are gaining a much better appreciation and understanding of aboriginal lifestyle, culture and customs. We especially enjoy seeing the boys appreciate another way of life.
Like most things up here, nothing is ever certain and it's all fairly relaxed...so one of the tours we hoped to do didn't go ahead.?.but we the boys were very excited about the spear making.
We visited a small local community where we were shown how to make spears the traditional way. The boys heated their branches over the fire, straightening them while hot, then peeled away the bark. The spears were then sharpened and painted using traditional paints.










We then followed our guide 'bundy' to the most pristine beach we have probably ever seen. The sand was pure white and dazzling. The water warm and clear.






'bundy' sent his son (12 years old) and another relative off the spear some fish for us...while we tested out our own, had a swim, and learnt a little about his culture and customs. We were shown a significant cultural site where footprints dated at around 7000 years old are clearly visible in the ground...once a mud flat.
Harry, his spear...and just look at the size of that fish! There is a secret to catch fish that big with a spear!








It was a great day...

Cazz and boys xxx

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