Ke haʻi nei au i kēia moʻolelo ma mua o ka poʻe i noho i waho no 50,000 mau makahiki?
Loaʻa i ka Adventure Tour Kings ka ʻae kūikawā e holo i kahi hoʻomoana safari ma Hawk Dreaming, kahi ʻāpana o ka papa inoa Hoʻoilina honua a Kakadu. He mau minuke mai ko mākou mau keʻena leʻaleʻa, nā lālā i hala i piha i nā cockatiels keʻokeʻo, hala nā puʻu termite 2-mika a me ka wallaby ʻē aʻe e hele mai ana i ko mākou ala, ke kū nei mākou i ka "hale" o Big Bill.
ʻO kāna "kukina" he mau ʻīpuka i loko o ka pōhaku, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kāna ʻohana i nā hua a me nā hua no nā haneli mau makahiki. ʻO kona lua ma lalo o ka pali ma luna o ka pali kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai nā kūpuna i hana ʻia e kona ʻohana i loko o ka ʻulaʻula koko, ʻo kona pā mua he billabong kahi e hoʻolāleʻa ai nā crocodile wai paʻakai iā lākou iho i waena o nā ʻano manu he 400 o ka Northern Territory.
He mea liʻiliʻi ka waiwai o ka mālama ʻana i ke ola, akā hiki i ka ʻohana o Bill ke loaʻa ka meaʻai, kahi e hoʻomalu ai iā lākou iho mai nā kumu kumu - a loaʻa i nā ʻāpana kūpono o nā puʻu pepeke e hoʻōla i nā mea āpau mai ka ʻeha niho a hiki i ka ʻai ʻana. Ma kahi i hana ʻia ai ka paʻi lima nui o Bill ma luna o ka pōhaku, ʻike maka ʻia kekahi o kāna ʻohana, ʻoiai ʻo nā poho lima hou e hōʻike ana i kāna mau moʻopuna.
Ma hope mai, ʻoiai kā mākou AAT Kings alakaʻi iā Kerry e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka nānā ʻana ma Ubirr ma luna o ke kahawai ʻo Nadab, ʻike mākou i kahi ʻano nui o nā mea i kālai ʻia i loko o ka pōhaku, mai nā ʻuhane mimi kolohe a hiki i nā iʻa a me nā mammals, e hōʻike i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. ʻai nā ʻāpana.
He ʻōlelo aʻo kēia i nā ʻohana hele e pili ana i nā mea e hiki ke hahai ʻia a me nā mea kapu i nā kamaʻāina. ʻAʻole hiki ʻole ke kamaʻilio pololei ʻana, koe wale nā kiʻi ʻino o nā moku masted a me ke kanaka me ka paipu.
ʻO kekahi o kēia mau waiwai kūloko e pili kokoke i ka hoʻopā ʻana, akā e like me ʻoe ʻaʻole e hoʻopā iā Mona Lisa, pono ʻoe e mahalo wale. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā kiʻi kiʻi a pau ma 20,000 sq-km o Kakadu i nā poʻe o waho. A ʻo kekahi mau wahi laʻa e waiho wale ʻia no nā kūpuna kāne no nā hana hoʻomaka a i ʻole "manawa kala" (nā hoʻolewa).
Aia ka Teritori ʻĀkau mai Darwin, komohana a hiki i Kakadu a me Arnhem Land, hema a Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Tanami and Simpson Deserts a me nā pae ʻo MacDonnell Ranges, ʻelua ʻelua ka nui o Kaleponi a me ka hapaono o ka nui o ka ʻāina o Australia. He 200,000 wale nō ka poʻe e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi, hui pū ʻia e nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi he nui i ka wā ʻo Yegge, Wurrgeng a me Gurrung - ka maloʻo a maikaʻi loa o nā kau Aboriginal ʻeono - e holo ana mai Mei a Sepatemaba ma mua o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā wahi.
ʻO Darwin ka wahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa, kahi awāwa multicultural i ʻĀsia Hema me kahi ʻāpana hui e ulu nei, a me kahi ʻano hale noho mai nā hale hoʻokipa no ka poʻe backpackers a hiki i ka Green Star i lanakila i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka nahele ʻo Moonshadow Villas. Ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻia nā napoʻo gula o ke kūlanakauhale me kahi aniani o Aussie Shiraz ma ka pā ma SkyCity Hotel.
ʻO Darwin ka palena o ke alanui Stuart, kokoke i 3,000 km hema a hiki i Adelaide ma o Alice Springs a, a hiki i ka makahiki 2007, me ka palena ʻole. Akā ʻaʻole pono e hele mamao ma waho o Darwin e kiʻi i ka ʻike Outback. ʻO ka Bark Hut Inn kahi hale pana pua bufalo kahiko i huli ʻia ma ke alanui e hele ai i Kakadu, kahi wahi ʻino 'n' mākaukau kahi āu e manaʻo ai ʻo Crocodile Dundee a me kāna mau hoa ʻāʻī ʻāʻī e pohā i nā puka i kēlā me kēia manawa.
E ʻike i ka holoholona hihiu a me ke ʻano olaola kupaianaha o Kakadu ma o Yellow Water Cruises, kahi pūnaewele o nā billabongs a me nā ʻāina wai maʻemaʻe kahi e nui ai nā crocs a me he mea lā e lele ana ka barramundi kūloko i nā ʻupena lawaiʻa. ʻO ka poʻe iʻa aliʻi, nā mea ʻai meli a me nā ʻēheu jabirus i ko lākou ala ma mua o ko mākou moku huakaʻi a ʻo nā lio hihiu (brumbies) a me ka bufalo e ʻai ana ma kahi mamao.
He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi o kahi croc e hoʻoweliweli ana i kahi kahakai olohelohe e ʻakaʻaka i ka lā a mākou i hōʻea ai a he ʻoiaʻiʻo no kēlā me kēia mea āu e ʻike ai, aia paha he 20 ʻaʻole ʻoe. Akā i loko o ka NT, ʻike maopopo ʻia ko lākou mau wahi noho, paʻa lākou i nā wahi kokoke i ka pilina kanaka a hoʻokuʻu ʻia me ka palekana.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea kolo ke piʻi i ka pali ʻo Kakadu, kūpono no ka poʻe hele wāwae me nā ala maʻalahi e piʻi ana i ka ʻike miliona. Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Nourlangie Rock e kahi huakaʻi pōʻaipuni 1.5-km i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā kahua kiʻi, alakaʻi ʻia e nā mākaʻi paka.
ʻO kahi lā lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻo Jim Jim Falls, ʻo ka mua ma kahi kaʻa ʻehā huila a hiki i 2-km hele wāwae ma waena o nā ululāʻau monsoon a ma luna o nā pōhaku paheʻe, e hoʻopau ana me nā manawa kiʻi nui ma kahi kahakai liʻiliʻi a me ka loko wai hohonu, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e 150 mika. pali kiʻekiʻe a me ka wailele.
I kēia manawa, ua hana mākou i kahi makemake nui no ka kuke ʻana i ka barramundi i loko o ka ʻoluʻolu o kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Hawk Dreaming, ʻoiai ʻo ka moʻopuna a Big Bill ʻo Natasha i haʻi mai iā mākou i nā poʻe mua loa - a i ʻole Nayuhyunggi - nāna i huakaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka wā moeʻuhane. a me ka hana ʻana i nā pōhaku one, nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu.
Ua aloha mai nā holoholona hihiu o nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iā mākou ma Alice Springs, ka ʻīpuka o ka Red Center. Ke hoʻopuni nei mākou i nā kaʻa kaʻa mauna i pena ʻia e Jungala Kriss, mahalo mākou i nā ʻili nui o nā pōhaku a Kriss i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai ua kiola ʻia e nā holoholona hakakā nui. ʻO ka manamana wāwae mua o nā Aussies keʻokeʻo, nā makahiki 1860, ke keʻena telegarapa, ke kū mau nei, no nā makahiki he loulou palupalu no nā miners, nā pipi, nā paniolo, nā kahu kāmelo a me nā paionia ʻē aʻe.
Ke kū nei ke kaʻaahi Ghan quirky ma ʻaneʻi, kahi hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kaʻa kamelo Afghan i hele mua mai Adelaide a i Outback i ke kenekulia 19. Hoʻonui ʻia ka Ghan i Darwin, kahi huakaʻi ʻelua lā e kokoke ana i ke kāhea ʻāina no ʻAuselika. Ma "The Alice," hiki iā ʻoe ke ola hou i ka mōʻaukala o ka Royal Doctors Flying Service.
Ua ola ka moʻomeheu Aboriginal ma ʻaneʻi. Ma Todd Mall ma ke kikowaena o ke kaona, hōʻike ʻo Tim Jennings o ka Mbantua Gallery i nā hua o kāna pilina kūʻokoʻa me 250 mau mea pena Utopia ma waho, nā kala kala i hōʻike ʻia ma ka papahele nui a me kahi hale moʻomeheu moʻomeheu i luna.
ʻO kēia mau mea pena kiʻi i waena o ka hanauna hope loa o ka honua i pena mai ka lore wale nō. Hāʻawi ʻo Jennings i nā lako hana noʻeau a haʻi ka poʻe Utopians i ka moʻolelo o ko lākou mau kūpuna me nā ʻanoʻano, nā hua, nā mea kanu, nā manu, nā holoholona a me ka hula i mea hoʻoikaika.
No ka poʻe i hoʻopio ʻia e nā leo o ka didgeridoo, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai Mbantua kahi ʻike multi-media kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe i kahi didge a hoʻāʻo paha e puhi iā ʻoe iho, maikaʻi loa ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi o ka meaʻai ulu lāʻau Australia (he ʻano pipi maikaʻi ka kangaroo. iā ia) i kahi hoʻonohonoho nani ma ka Red Ocher Grill.
Ke kipa mai nei ʻo chef Athol Wark e hōʻano hou i kāna papa kuhikuhi meaʻai ʻāhiu ʻo Aussie, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pūhaka kangaroo puhi a me ka emu egg pavlova me nā hua ʻāhiu a me ka ʻaila mānoanoa wattleseed. Hoʻopili mākou i ke ahiahi me kahi pint ma Bojangles Saloon me kāna hoʻohanohano iā Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, nā pū kahiko a me Jangles, ka python ʻewalu kapuaʻi ola.
ʻAʻohe mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia kokoke i ka Red Center me ka ʻole o nā capsules geological time o Kings Canyon, Ayers Rock a me nā mauna Olga. Mai Alice Springs, e huli hou i ke ala i hele ai ʻo John McDoull Stuart ma ke ʻano he mākaʻikaʻi keʻokeʻo mua i ka makahiki 1862, e hoʻokele i ke ala kupanaha ʻo Red Center Way a i ʻole e like me kā mākou i koho ai, kahi kaʻa helikopa hauʻoli ma luna o ka ʻāina i uhi ʻia i ka ʻōpala, nā awāwa hohonu, mamao loa. nā kamaʻāina a me nā kāmelo hele.
Hoʻokipa mai ʻo Myles mai Australian Pacific Touring iā mākou ma ka helipad o King's Canyon Wilderness Resort, nā hale lole nani e pili ana i kahi kahua pipi/kamelo. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi pāʻina mahina me nā moʻolelo waihoʻoluʻu mai ka mea nona ʻo Ian Conway, ka mea i hoʻolaʻa ʻia e ʻike i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kula kūpono i ka poʻe Aboriginal ma o nā haʻawina.
Lawe ʻo Myles iā mākou i kā mākou paʻakikī nui loa - 5.5 km pololei i luna a puni ke alo pōhaku ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula o ka canyon, kahi a mākou e nānā nui ai i kahi hāʻule kokoke 300 mika mai nā ʻanuʻu waho paʻa ʻole o ka lua.
ʻAʻole i haki ka wanaʻao i ko mākou haʻalele ʻana i Ayers Rock - a i ʻole Uluru - akā ua ʻākoakoa kekahi pūʻali koa liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe hauʻoli i nā pahu kiʻi kiʻi no nā ʻāpana mua o ke ao e hoʻohuli i ka pōhaku one i ʻā. He mau hola maikaʻi kēia e hele ai i kona kahua holoʻokoʻa a ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona kupanaha i hana ʻia e ka ʻāiʻi.
I ka pō, holo kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Ayers Rock Resort i nā malihini i ka Sounds of Silence Dinner, me ka didge serenade e like me nā kukuna hope o ka lā e ʻauʻau ai i ka monolith 348-mika a hāʻawi i ke ala i ka nānā ʻana i nā hōkū me kahi kanaka kilo hōkū. He mea maʻalahi ke kahua mokulele hou no ka haʻalele ʻana i Sydney a i ʻole ka huakaʻi i ka home - akā mālama mau mākou i ka Northern Territory i kā mākou moeʻuhane.
