Sharing place
Hey Mob
I just wanted to share about my place. It’s in the central region and I am one of a handful that still have the story for it. I’m not sure if the story has even been told in English but I’m having a bad day and wanted to share something that’s important for me whilst it’s still possible.
This place has a name which means place for/of a certain skin group learning from little bush people. Every plant and animal here can heal you if you’re from that group or with someone from that group who can see you. If you’re away from it you can always visualise your return. It needs lots of care now with grass and dead animals falling into the water.
It’s up on a ridgeline which is lots of weathered rocks sticking out into the landscape. These rocks were little bush people who separated out and populated Australia widely. This is their original home. A big rain serpent still lives there and he used to get harassed a lot by the bush people but they’re more scattered and respectful now because the serpent is unhappy with all the weeds and dead animals ruining the water. There is a Tjukuṟpa here for the serpent and 3 for the bush people that used to be taken out and decorated for ceremony but now they are kept in a rock cave.
It gets filled up from the groundwater and you can swim there, some brave men have but afew have drowned when the serpent pulled them under. A special plant grows here that you can chew the leaves of, which helps you learn how to do some healing, like closing the top of someone’s head if it’s too open for other energies.
I am told that back in the day many men would come here after initiation and some would chew the plant under instruction of the spirit/bush people and elders, but that doesn’t happen now. The place will make you feel the energy of a roaring yellow clear sun with dancing dark energies coming out, weaving in balance with vivid oranges and yellows.
There is a song for this place about following special trees down south. I don’t know if anyone down south still knows the next part of the song. No one is left to share about this place properly and I’m not sure they want to because the right young fellas all smoke ganja and don’t care about it.
Hope youse have a nice Sunday.
Mura Miura. (All good, this place).