Yirrkala is a powerful mix of people, history and culture — and so am I

A walk along Tuffin Road is a walk through both the past and the present of Yirrkala, a small Northern Territory town perched on the edge of Australia.

You pass the football oval, the art centre, the church, houses from the mission days, all ringed by red dirt, before reaching the crystal clear waters of the beach.

I grew up in a beautiful house on Tuffin Road, looking out on the Arafura Sea.