Muka – Australia's wild lands

Muka means “all together” in Burarra, the language spoken in Maningrida, an Aboriginal community in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Each evening, I loved walking toward the Arafura Sea. A saltwater crocodile lived nearby, so I kept my distance from the shore and admired the tall trees lining the coast.
One of them was home to hundreds of parrots, all chattering at once in a joyful, raucous chorus of life.