Vacations & Travel Magazine

Where country talks

IT’S NEITHER NIGHT NOR DAY. NEITHER NOISY NOR hurried. The sun momentarily hangs over the fading landscape, swapping places with a crescent moon. One by one, stars flick on as fingers of firelight spread across Gutharraguda Country – the Malgana name for Shark Bay, on the Coral Coast of Western Australia – reaching out to roots holding this ancient land together.

Darren ‘Capes’ Capewell, owner of Wula Gura Nyinda Eco Tours, says, “Grab some of that red sand, rub it slowly through your hands – it will connect you

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