Newspaper Article

Adventures in Australia: journeys of discovery to Indigenous Australian sites

Delaney, Brigid, Scott, Daniel, Milman, Oliver, Groves, Nancy, Code, Bill

2015

Overview

* Campsite fee AU$22 (around [pound]11) in summer, including entry to the national park, parksaustralia.gov.au/boodere,[phone]. No hot water but electric barbecues mean you don't have to make your own fire if you don't feel like it The art is found across 230,000 hectares of sandstone in central Queensland, four hours' drive inland from Cairns. The most accessible of it is around 30 minutes' drive from the small town of Laura, an open, sun-baked area of craggy escarpments, one that requires a hat, sunscreen and water once you venture from your vehicle's air conditioning. \"The lake was like a giant pantry,\" Gunditjmara guide Ben Church tells me, as we walk among the ruins on a Budj Bim tour, \"and the eels were traded right across southern Australia.\"

• Publisher: Guardian News & Media Limited