Cairnes (part two) - Our last night with the group!

We had a pretty neat night ahead of us - which we were pretty excited about given we’d already had a really exciting day. Our group went to an aboriginal cultural show right in Cairnes, the name of which we can’t recall or spell. It was something like Tjapuki Adventure. Anyways, we first walked into this room with aboriginal artwork and three aboriginies who belonged to this tribe face painted each of us. Once we all looked the part we got a history of this particular tribe while drinking champagne. Matt sported his new hat along with the crocodile dundee outfit, as Kristen likes to call it.

We then walked outside to a spot where we were given clapping sticks made from special trees in Australia and played along with the beats to the tunes one man was playing on his digeridoo (a long hollow wooden piece brightly decorated). We were participating in a song and dance to make fire. And we all got to blow on the hay and watch then spin special sticks and eventually we made fire! The man lit the end of his spear and through it across the river to some other tribal men and this was quite a sight to see. Flaming spears flying through the air... The men caught the flame and canoed back to where we were and then we were escorted inside to a dining area for an aboriginal dinner.

The dinner was great and as we ate a ton of food we watched six aboriginies dance, sing, play the digeridoo and tell us folk stories from long ago. It was fun and one of our friends John and Matt got chosen to go up on the stage and dance along with them. They were a hoot to watch!

After this night we drove back to our hotel in the center of Cairnes and washed our faces... it was time to go out!

We went to a dive and it was a blast. We hung out with each other for the last time, had some drinks, and danced on the tables all night long!