Ngura walkumunu (Being in a good camp)

There are waterholes with trees all around them. All the people are coming to drink water. Emus are hanging around the water. Kids are swimming and the mothers are waiting for the kids. A big dog with a pup that it left behind is chasing a wallaby and joey. Old people are sitting by the fire having a meeting. One old man is saying: "Come over here; we got to dance". There is a rockhole with dark water. Trees are thick around it. It is sundown time at a good camp. The earth is red in the Northern Territory. Lots of birds are sitting on flowers eating. Four dogs are fighting over a piece of meat and the kids who own the dogs are trying to stop their arguing. Ngura palya walkumunu.'—Pantitji Mary McLean © Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory