The large yellow, red and white stones are found at the mouth of a fresh water spring that feeds into the Arafura Sea on the southern tip of Elcho Island (on Ngalumara Beach).
Gandhuwuy pointed out the stones, then ground them together with water and made instant ochre paint. He painted it on his skin at my request and it shows how brilliant the colours are.
Gandhuwuy will use some of the ochre paint in his artwork (which is on sale at the art centre).
Here's what I saw:
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