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We drove through beautiful stunning Arnhem Land, where Kakadu National Park is based. We drove through rivers, wet dirt roads virtually impassable, where we had to gather old dead logs and place them across the muddy roads to get across certain sections, basically a wonderful journey to the Dhurrhutjapi Homeland's where 2 Families had a conflict nearly 100 years ago but both families came together to reconcile the past.

We sat down and interviewed a family member Mr McColl about how their family had a real conflict with another family not understanding each others laws in society

Quote - " the first time i had heard about him as a police officer from Victoria was when i saw his photo on my grandmothers wall, it was never spoken about what actually did happen between the 2 families which is why we are here from Gibbsland, Victoria to make Peace with the Wirrapunda Family

We sat down for 3 hours in park in a town called Gympie in Queensland and allowed Mr. Walker a Vietnam Veteran tell his life story of the Vietnam War 

He specifically spoke about how the Viet Comm had Cave Hospitals to win the war other issues he talks about were training camps in Australia - ammunition we carried - bad dreams i have - barrel of machine gun always melted - on the boat Neptune crossing - enemy Viet comm were fierce fighters - street fighting was horrific - jungle fighting was vicious - our patrols were small - yanks were too big & loud during patrols which gave them away - never forget my mates i lost - they had medical caves hidden high in the mountains

Koala Audiobooks has changed its - Our Top Pics for 2025 - Gone is Drones Dropping Bombs Replaced by Aunty Magdaline Cottas Living in Cape York

Our Cape York Story is a more light hearted story about growing up and living in Cape York - Play Her Audio Sample of Aunty Magdaline Cottas - Enjoy

Old Man Fisher Living in the Daintree Rainforest - is one of the best stories we have on Koala Audiobooks. We spent a week in the Daintree mountains with Old Man Fisher at his home called Buru.

As we say here at Koala Audiobooks, Play His Audio Sample, as we can talk lots here but it's about WHAT YOU HEAR from Him and YOUR IMAGINATION shapes Pictures in Your Mind

We hear how he survived a Crocodile attack in the Daintree river, he woke up on the banks of the Daintree river with a knife in his back & crawled to the hospital in a town called Mosman, the Dr said You must be Superman to survive a Crocodile attack

The Ord River of the Kimberley is a spectacular river in the far north of the Kimberely region of Australia, over the decades there has been much controversy over damming the Ord River for irrigation of plantations in towns such as Kunnunurra

We recorded an important speech at a conference where many issues were raised about the Ord River Economy and how people have created sustainable livelihoods in growing fruit and vegetables but what could be done better to protect the environment and biodiversity of this region