Stories

Desert sistas dreaming

  • Rachel Taylor

    "I tried to have as few expectations of the Desert Women's Business as possible. I just wanted to make some sort of connection with indigenous people.

    And I'm happy to say, I got more than I bargained for! After a few days with those powerful, earthy, desert women I feel like I've been plugged in to the source, to life...finally.

    Their laughter stays with me".

  • Judy Pippen, Column 8 - News Mail - Bundaberg Queensland

    "The Desert Women's Business is not for sissys! But surrendering the comforts of home is a small price to pay if you feel drawn to spend time with your Aboriginal sisters, aunties and nannas, experiencing the richness of their traditional culture. The planning for this trip is excellent and the vegetarian meals are wholesome. Being in a totally female environment, living close to the land, sitting around the campfire, entering into Desert Women's Business with the women is freeing and nurturing".

  • Nova Article by Julieanne Hilbers

    The sun had yet to rise as I made my way out my swag to stir the embers of the communal fire - watching it take light anew. As I put the porridge on to cook I look up and am greeted by a sea of pink soft clouds fanning across the sky in a 'V' formation all the way to where the sun is birthing over the horizon. My whole body smiles. I stand and watch as the clouds change colour and the birds sing to the women to gently awaken them.

    This was the last morning at camp where I and twenty others had participated in Women's Business with the women custodians of the land near Uluru. As I stood there my body was flooded by the warmth of the sun, the joy of community and the love of the land."

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