Arnhem Land — birthplace of the didgeridoo, heart of Dreamtime Australia and 97,000 square kilometres of remote Aboriginal Reserve. It is home to the Yolngu people, one of Australia's largest indigenous groups, and one of the few successfully maintaining traditional culture.
It would be pleasing to think the precious area is pristine and beautiful, but it's a long way short of that. Major currents make constant deposits of unwelcome debris. Deliveries of old fishing nets, remains of trees, bottles, the ubiquitous plastic bag and general rubbish are diminishing the area's quality.
Water in the Gulf of Carpentaria moves slowly clockwise, dumping rubbish on the otherwise unspoilt tip of Cape Arnhem. To spoil and degrade the rugged and wild area is a tragedy. It has unending sweeps of wind-whipped white sand, dense forests of pandanus and palms, outcrops of hard, grey rock and a pounding turquoise ocean.
Six of the world's seven marine turtles call the area home but marine debris is affecting their habitat. They, and other creatures, are choking and becoming entangled in the rubbish, but help is at hand
Arnhem Land Marine Rescue, run by CVA, is working alongside the Yolngu people to restore one of the country's most beautiful coastlines. With the aid of volunteers and Aboriginal rangers of Dhimurru Land Management, they traverse the coast on foot and by 4WD to collect, catalogue and dispose of rubbish. Turtles and other marine wildlife are freed from nets where possible.
COST : 450 AUS Dollar for 16 days Trip ( High Recommend , As I known, the other one cost:2295 AUS Dollar for 7 days trip(World Expeditions).
It would be pleasing to think the precious area is pristine and beautiful, but it's a long way short of that. Major currents make constant deposits of unwelcome debris. Deliveries of old fishing nets, remains of trees, bottles, the ubiquitous plastic bag and general rubbish are diminishing the area's quality.
Water in the Gulf of Carpentaria moves slowly clockwise, dumping rubbish on the otherwise unspoilt tip of Cape Arnhem. To spoil and degrade the rugged and wild area is a tragedy. It has unending sweeps of wind-whipped white sand, dense forests of pandanus and palms, outcrops of hard, grey rock and a pounding turquoise ocean.
Six of the world's seven marine turtles call the area home but marine debris is affecting their habitat. They, and other creatures, are choking and becoming entangled in the rubbish, but help is at hand
Arnhem Land Marine Rescue, run by CVA, is working alongside the Yolngu people to restore one of the country's most beautiful coastlines. With the aid of volunteers and Aboriginal rangers of Dhimurru Land Management, they traverse the coast on foot and by 4WD to collect, catalogue and dispose of rubbish. Turtles and other marine wildlife are freed from nets where possible.
COST : 450 AUS Dollar for 16 days Trip ( High Recommend , As I known, the other one cost:2295 AUS Dollar for 7 days trip(World Expeditions).
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