Our Sacred Place

Although my family are not living in the hustle and bustle of a city, nor in the continuous hubbub of a suburb, but instead are enjoying the laid back and often isolated lifestyle of a country town in the middle of an expansive red desert ... we still find ourselves, at times, overwhelmed by life.

When faced with these overwhelming feelings ... we start to plan a day trip to our sacred place. Weeli Wolli. It is a permanent waterhole about two hours drive from our house and sufficiently "off the beaten track" to require the arrangement of a safety rescue plan with friends at home. (You don't want to be stuck out in the plus 40 degree C heat for too long!)

It is also a sacred place to the people who have lived in this area for many tens of thousands of years ... the local Aboriginal people of the Martu tribe. When bathing in the beautiful, pristine running water and peacefulness of this place, you feel you are sharing the experience with the spirits of Weeli Wolli. It is a heavenly, almost divine, place.

And I am delighted to share the following photographs of our sacred place with you.