Stillwater Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 This flight crosses a more remote region, and mostly indigenous protected areas. Arnhemland covers about 97,000 square kilometres (37,000 sq mi, about the size of Portugal or Indiana) and has an estimated population of 16,000. A substantial proportion of the population, which is mostly Aboriginal, lives on small outstations or homelands. These population groups have very little Western influence culturally speaking, and Arnhem Land is arguably one of the last areas in Australia that could be seen as a completely separate country. We take off from Oenpelli, ... ... over the "city", ... ... and eastwards into the green lands. Crossing Liverpool River (and better not swim there), ... ... we fly over Maningrida. That scenery looked so good, I had to make a stopover there. Classical OZx style. Then I went on along the coast, to cross rivers and wetlands... Finally we approach Gove, at the eastern end of Arnhemland. Which means at the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The peninsula became strategically important during World War II when a Royal Australian Air Force base was constructed at what is now Gove Airport. The land was involved in a famous court case known as the Gove land rights case, when local Yolngu people tried to claim native title over their traditional lands in 1971, after the Australian Government had granted a mineral lease to a bauxite mining company without consulting the local peoples. Today the land is owned by the Yolngu people. The Aluminium refinery was closed in 2014. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Reminds me of Texas , and they would love to be a seperate country . 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Nice flight Gerold and screen shots and narrative.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 59 minutes ago, BradB said: Reminds me of Texas , and they would love to be a seperate country . Does not look like my part of Texas, to green. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Great shots and an interesting part of the Australian history, Gerold. Thank you! 1 hour ago, BradB said: Reminds me of Texas , and they would love to be a seperate country . Reminds me of Bavaria... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Gerold Yol Ganymak Gakal (...for sure this is a nice compliment in Yolnu language ) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Nice shots again Gerold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Great set of shots Gerold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 hours ago, adambar said: Great set of shots Gerold! Thank you Adam! 4 hours ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said: Nice shots again Gerold! Thanks a lot, John. 11 hours ago, lifejogger said: Nice flight Gerold and screen shots and narrative.. My pleasure, John. I could not resist to read in wikipedia about the region, quite interesting. 12 hours ago, BradB said: Reminds me of Texas , and they would love to be a seperate country . The desire to become separated is reported from many areas, and with various reasons behind. It might work somewhere, it might be nonsense somewhere else... 11 hours ago, lifejogger said: Does not look like my part of Texas, to green. Indeed, the colour can not be the reason for John B.´s comment: I have not seen so much green anywhere in Texas (yet). 11 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Great shots and an interesting part of the Australian history, Gerold. Thank you! Reminds me of Bavaria... Thank you Bernd. As said above, reading in wikipedia about the land was quite interesting. 10 hours ago, jean marc said: Gerold Yol Ganymak Gakal (...for sure this is a nice compliment in Yolnu language ) Merci Jean Marc! Now I have to look for a translator German - Yolngu to find out the meaning of these words. But you have created so many great posts with background knowledge about indigenous people from many countries, I am convinced you know it! https://www.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/Yolngu-dictionary 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 great shots there Gerold, very informative narration to... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Grand set Gerold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 22 hours ago, wain71 said: great shots there Gerold, very informative narration to... Thank you Wayne! My pleasure. 17 hours ago, Taph said: Grand set Gerold Thanks, Taph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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