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was
surprised to see water trickling over the rocks into a large
pool.
    “There’s a spring up here that feeds into
the pool. The drovers used it seventy years ago to water their
cattle but it fell into disuse and very few people know of it now.
It’s a great spot for cooling off.”
    “Come over here, I want to show you
something.” Lizzie led them up the gorge, climbing for another
hundred metres before squeezing through a narrow opening which
tunnelled into the rocks before ending in a large cave.
    Jake and Shoni stared in wonder. Around the
walls of the cave was the most amazing scene. Aboriginal paintings
covered the entire walls with pictures of giant wombats, kangaroos,
turtles, snakes, crocodiles, lizards as well as aboriginal men
dancing and women cooking over fires. There were ochre- coloured
drawings of hands, boomerangs and dongas, scenes of bush fires and
battles between aboriginals and white men.
    “Very few people know about this place Jake
and we want to keep it that way. This is aboriginal spiritual
ground and we don’t want any white fellas coming here to disturb
our sacred ground.”
    “This is just amazing Lizzie, it’s much
better than any rock art I have seen before. I can understand why
you would want to keep it private,” Jake replied.
    “Yeah, you can see some wonderful paintings
at Katherine Gorge and Arnhem Land but they’re nothing like this.
When you’ve seen enough come down to the pool and we’ll have a
picnic lunch,” said Bill
    After spending an hour together admiring the
paintings, Jake and Shoni wandered back to the pool where Bill and
Lizzie had prepared some sandwiches and fruit using a large
flat-topped rock as a table. They ate their lunch enjoying the
natural beauty and solitude of the surroundings.
    Lizzie asked Jake about the conference he
was attending at Kakadu. After listening to Jake’s explanation she
said intently, “You know Jake that new uranium mine is on sacred
aboriginal land. There could be a lot of trouble from groups of
activists, not just aboriginal protesters but from the greenies,
the anti-nuclear group and conservationists. I have a bad feeling
about it.”
    “I’ll be careful, don’t worry, there’ll be
lots of security with the Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia
there.”
    “That won’t stop some of them, they like the
publicity with all the media there. The Kakadu Land Council
endorsed the project after a long negotiation but there is still a
lot of unrest among my people. My brother Barry lives up at Jabiru
and is involved with the Aboriginal Land Council there, so if
you’re interested you could contact him.” Lizzie scribbled a mobile
phone number on a piece of paper and passed it to him.
    “Enough of this negative stuff, let’s cool
off in the pool” said Bill stripping down to his jocks and plunging
in. Lizzie flung off her dress and followed and after a quizzical
look at Shoni, Jake took off his shirt and joined them. The water
was surprisingly cool in the shadow of the rocks but it was crystal
clear and refreshing. Jake splashed Shoni with a “come-on” urging
her to join them. She looked at Jake’s lean body gleaming in the
water, and with a shy smile stripped down to her bra and panties
and quickly slid into the pool next to Jake. Jake was admiring her
body as she entered the water and didn’t see Bill duck-dive
underneath him and lift him bodily out of the water before dumping
him head first into the water. That started wild splashing between
the four of them before they all lay back laughing and floated in
the pool. Jake and Shoni swam around a bend to the end of the pool
out of sight of Bill and Lizzi. Jake pulled Shoni to him and kissed
her lightly on the lips. He could feel her body cling to him as she
responded and kissed him back. She wrapped her legs around his
waist and he carried her to the edge of the pool and laid her down
on a sandy beach, their passion burning for each other.
    Afterwards, Jake looked up at