This past week we spent a few days in Chillagoe, which is almost the outback but not quite.  It was super hot there though.  The first night we camped at an Eco-lodge.  The second night we traveled to Uncle Tom’s. He is an Aboriginal elder. We camped there that night.  Almost no-one set up tents, we all slept under the stars. After dinner Uncle Tom’s grandsons performed Aboriginal dances for us and played the didgeridoo. I took videos of some of the dancing. After they were done with the performance they invited us up to learn some of their moves. Then they invited us to show them some of ours. It was really fun. We stayed up telling stories and riddles and playing games around the campfires.  The stars were gorgeous. And the moon, so cool. You could see the dark side too.

In the morning Uncle Tom told us about his history and his culture.  Then one of his sons helped us learn to throw boomerangs and spears, which was pretty neat.  Then we all piled back into the vans and headed back to CRS.