What lies beneath

By Stephanie Wood
Updated September 22 2014 - 10:09am, first published August 23 2014 - 3:00am
Wary: A Local fisherman fords the shallow water at Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Wary: A Local fisherman fords the shallow water at Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River. Photo: Glenn Campbell
"We used to swim here": (From left) Mark Djandjomerr, May Nango, Shelton Nango and Dell Hunter. Photo: Glenn Campbell
"We used to swim here": (From left) Mark Djandjomerr, May Nango, Shelton Nango and Dell Hunter. Photo: Glenn Campbell
"Cage of death": Stephanie Wood gets up close to "Chopper". Photo: Glenn Campbell
"Cage of death": Stephanie Wood gets up close to "Chopper". Photo: Glenn Campbell
Snapped: A saltwater crocodile. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Snapped: A saltwater crocodile. Photo: Glenn Campbell

An Aboriginal boy went swimming in a Kakadu billabong. A Darwin man launched a tinnie at a waterhole in pursuit of barramundi. Each one, immersed in the pleasures of this land, this water.

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