Monday, 11 June 2018

Day 8 Mount Borradaile burial cave

Our fast boat landed us close to family of small fresh water crocodiles.
 

Passing on, we climbed to a low rock rise where there was a cave with a large number of human bones laid to rest  in  horizontal crevices and on the ground. This a sacred space, and although we were permitted to enter and photograph the rock art, touching or picturing the bones is forbidden.

The quantity and variety of ancient and some more recent art  is beyond our capacity to name and classify, and as its discovery is relatively recent this century, the published literary descriptions do not include it.












In the evening we returned to the water for drinks and canapes before dinner




No comments:

Post a Comment