Bodeidei Camp - Live with and Understand the Aboriginals

Safari camp Published: Friday, June 17, 2011 8:20 AEST Frenchman Francois Giner has run a safari camp at Bulman, about 300 kilometres east of Katherine, for more than 20 years. Mr Giner gives French tourists unique insight into the outback and Indigenous lifestyles.

We flight today to Australia, weather news are very bad as you can see on the pictures.

We will post news about the camp as soon as we can.

Balang and Yoann.

Within the Aboriginal community, men’s and women’s roles are clearly defined in ceremonial as in daily life. With regard to subsistence, hunting and fishing are traditionally men’s responsibilities and gathering, women’s; they fish as well. Although this system has now been relaxed and transformed, the sharing of roles is still clear.

The body painting

Although it is now widespread, painting on bark was far from the most common pictorial activity among Arnhem Aborigines, before the arrival of the Whites.

Une des pratiques les plus courantes était la peinture corporelle, toujours utilisée à chaque cérémonie.

Trips on their land were guided by the search for food; Aborigines were nomads who knew nothing about agriculture or breeding. They lived off hunting, fishing and gathering. In an Aboriginal community, men’s and women’s roles are clearly defined in ceremonial as in daily life.

Molo in Ngkalabon or didjeeridoo in Creole

These last few years, the Western world has seen the development of a new instrument: the "didjeeridoo" which we can find everywhere today.

the Ngkalabon Murrango association and its members : the members benefits are the following ones:

- you are informed on all the events organised by the association. .
- you are also informed about the projects of the association through the newsletter of the Ngkalabon Murrango association and through the newsletter dedicated to the members.
-You will be informed on the health and life of the Ngkalabon from Weemol.
-You are invited to the meetings in which the action of the association are discussed.
- The sale of art products is mostly reserved to you and you will always have priority.
- You will get specific benefits if you book a journey at Bodeidei camp.
How to be come a member ?

To discover this Land, is to enter in a vast territory with a much diversified wildlife before you. The billabongs are swarming with life, the water buffaloes go there to refresh themselves and mix with many birds enjoying their search for fish.

The story of a friendship between two men.

From left to right: George, François and Philippe