Travel – Page 23 – Our Shadows Will Remain

The Heart of a Nation

The city of Canberra was designed especially to be the capital city of Australia in 1908. Melbourne and Sydney were rival cities and both fighting to become the capital, it was decided to build a new city that would be situated between the two. Because of this Canberra is an entirely planned city and designedContinue reading “The Heart of a Nation”

Reflection

Aboriginal Art

Aboriginals in Tourism

With the encouragement of the Australian Government Aboriginal tourism has been established as a way for the indigenous people to tell their story in their own way. These people can now share their cultural insights, traditional practices and contemporary concerns with international visitors and non-Indigenous Australians. The Indigenous people of Australia see this type ofContinue reading “Aboriginals in Tourism”

Dreamtime

Australian Aboriginals are bound by a belief that interconnects them with the land, spirituality, law and care of the environment. The Dreamtime is the period of creation where humans and other life-forms emerged from the earth creating all living things and landscapes we see today. Creation beliefs can vary across Australia but they are allContinue reading “Dreamtime”

History of Australian Aboriginals

It is predicted that there were around 300,000 Aboriginal people living in Australia when the British arrived in 1788. The Indigenous Australia’s lived in small family groups and lived a semi-nomadic life, moving with the changes in the seasons. At certain times large groups would meet for social, ceremonial and trade purposes, it is estimatedContinue reading “History of Australian Aboriginals”

Land Rights

This post is the first in a series of post to follow concerning Australian Aboriginals. Over the next few posts I will cover culture, history, art and other subjects that will help to give a full insight into one of the oldest cultures on the planet. For the first post I wanted to keep itContinue reading “Land Rights”

Australia

I have created a new page in entitled Australia in order to share the highlights of the posts I have published on travelling in the country. The page contains my stories, photographs, culture and information. You can visit it with the link below: Australia

Windiest Cities in the World

While staying in Perth people always claimed how windy it was. I had heard many times that Perth was one of if not the most windiest cities in the world. Some people were even more specific and claimed that the most windiest street in the world was George St in the city center. Even onContinue reading “Windiest Cities in the World”

A Well Travelled Tree

Overlooking Perth in Kings Park is a very unique tree. This tree is a boab but not just any boab. This particular tree has travelled many miles, 3,200 miles to be exact. The 750 year old tree was brought to Kings Park from Telegraph Creek in the north of Western Australia by truck. The tree was so largeContinue reading “A Well Travelled Tree”