Today I have a special treat for all my readers...Aunty Delmae Barton is a proud Bidjera woman from Central Queensland, a world famous Opera singer, former lecturer at Griffith University, writer and painter is going to share some of her thoughts on the world. I am very privileged to call Aunt Delmae my friend and I am sure you will enjoy her beautiful, sensitive and gentle philosophies.Plus my cat absolutely adores her!Australian Dreamtime Welcome We the Aboriginal people of AustraliaThe First Nations people of AustraliaWe hold out our hands in friendshipWe offer to you our hearts, love, hope, freedom and peace to all new AustraliansAll refugees,The entire world,We offer our land to share, to care, to walk the dreaming paths of our ancestral beingsTo talk in many tongues, to sing the songs of our song lines, to dance the dance of our peopleOur land, our spirit to share the culture of each and everyone,We are as one in unity of humanitySacred waters over sacred sands shall cleanse our bodies, our minds, our spirits, our soulsBeing ever free to drift on the sacred waters of lifeCarrying thus forth on the spirit winds of time our aspirations, our inspirations, our dreamsTo the stars and beyond into eternal bliss.Copyright Delmae M Barton 01 october 2012