The milky turquoise ocean meets white beaches, gum trees and mangroves for hundred of kilometres along the wild coast of the northern Kimberley, now protected as the Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area.

Senior Wunambal man Sylvestor Mangolomara discusses the cultural heritage of his people with Emma Ignjic of Bush Heritage.

The spectacular Mitchell Falls. It’s a bit of a slog to get to the remote Mitchell Plateau if you’re driving (16 hours drive from Kununurra) but the spectacular sight of the unique and renowned four-tiered falls makes it well worth the effort. This is some of the most remote and inaccessible terrain in Australia. They are now conserved as part of the Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area.

The conclusion of Australian Federal Court proceedings handing Native Title Rights back to the Wunambal Gaambera people.

Uunguu indigenous ranger Jason of the Wunambal people describes the stories behind figures in on of the region’s many rock art galleries.

Wunambal Gaambera kids pause playing around a billabong to pose for a picture.

An aerial shot of a shark in the mangroves, just off the coast of Wunambal Gaambera country.

Beautiful wildflowers are abundant in this part of the Kimberley.

Controlled “right-way” burning of the bush is one way in which the Indigenous rangers are looking after this habitat. A helicopter is used to drop incendiary devices at regular intervals. Burning at the end of the Wet and beginning of the Dry, when dew still collects overnight, is a way to control the size of fires and prevent huge fires ripping through later in the Dry.