{"id":6109,"date":"2015-06-11T15:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T05:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesentimentalbloke.com\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2016-11-22T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T03:25:57","slug":"legends-of-the-north-akurra-the-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2015\/06\/legends-of-the-north-akurra-the-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of the North &#8211; Akurra, the Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6110\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Entry 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sala-Entry-1-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exploring the edges of Lake Frome in\u00a0northern South Australia, an amazing mixture of textures and formations, even aboriginal culture.<\/p>\n<p>The lake\u00a0is part of the local\u00a0Dreaming\u00a0story told by the\u00a0Adnyamathanha\u00a0people explaining how the region&#8217;s geology and species originated.<\/p>\n<p>According to this Dreaming story,\u00a0Lake Frome was emptied of its water by the\u00a0Rainbow Serpent\u00a0Akurra when he ventured down Arkaroola Creek (which flows onto Lake Frome) to drink.<\/p>\n<p>The snake\u00a0drank all the water in the lake and returned to the ranges where it still sleeps.<\/p>\n<p>Because of its\u00a0significance the Adnyamathanha do not venture onto the lake&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n<p>From the air over the edges of the lake, its easy to relate to this legend when rain has recently fallen in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Exploring the edges of Lake Frome in\u00a0northern South Australia, an amazing mixture of textures and formations, even aboriginal culture. 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