I close my eyes and slowly drift off into the world of Aboriginal story time. I awake in the Aboriginal land of the Northern Territory, I can see urdulas (kangaroos), and wildus (eagles), and mawpaka (owls). I turn my head and I can now see some adnyamathanha (Rock People). They are speaking in the local Aboriginal language of the Anangu people. I walk over to a land I hope sometime can be the land we live in. They are welcoming me with their local language.

Welcome! I am one of the land’s local Aboriginal Elders. We are here today to talk about the land we live on today.

We walk around while looking at all the socialising happening between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. We keep walking, while watching all the animals and how they move and do things!

The Rock People are now sitting me down and they start telling me how much all the non-Aboriginal people still have to learn. They tell me about all the languages that have slowly faded away when Australia got invaded. There were over 250 languages and now there are only 120 languages spoken today.

All of the land that Aboriginal people stand on has been in Australia for over 65,000 years. All the land has some special meanings and story time to still be shared around. And Non-Aboriginal People Still Need to Learn It.

They started telling me about this greedy blue tongue lizard. His name was Lungkata, he was greedy, he stole precious food from some of the hunters. When the hunters asked him about the food, he told them he had no idea where it was. Lungkata discovered Uluru in a burn-off, he then choked to death when falling off a mountain and lost some of his limbs. They remind me how being greedy is nothing special and no one should be greedy.

I walk around by myself in the night’s darkness looking at all of the attractions that Aboriginal people have. I look up and see stars made into a pattern of Uluru. I look for 5 more minutes until the stars drift into a kangaroo. The Local Aboriginal people tell me about all the different stars they have seen while living near Uluru.

The Rocks around Uluru were formed from the waters around Uluru. The water started drifting out of Australia as mud and sand began forming at the bottom of the water. The water was drifting away as the rocks in the Northern Territory started forming. This story was told to me by the Anangu people.

They give me an Aboriginal language book and send me on my way as my eyes slowly drift open. I remember how much we still need to learn. I sit down with my parents and tell them about my imaginary dream. I tell them about all of the Aboriginal words I learned while I was in the Northern Territory Land.