Cameron Ross Kemarre

While I was horse tailing with a cousin on Amberlindum station, east of Alice Springs in early November 1988 just a couple of weeks before my birthday I was 16 at the time. My cousin and I rode horses quite a distance tailing about 30 other horses from about 12.30 midday to 9pm. That night it was quite an adventure. The country looked different to west of Alice. I was at Wallace Rockhole from Jan 2nd earlier that same year till November then came here to Amberlindum.
The thing is in January this same year, earlier on, on this first day I arrived at Wallace Rockhole I saw 3 fairy wren birds, a red, blue, and a yellow one. A kadatja man experience. Then in November at Amberlindum on my first day riding horses at almost dark, still a little daylight left. My cousin being a long way in front of me, then all the horses in the middle, me way behind so I can see if any horses cut out of the group. Then I chase them back in. Anyway I came to an area quite hilly, rocky, couldn’t gallop, slow walking for my horse, only a couple of minutes, and there to my right, just there above me slightly on a ledge, not high at all, in perfect sight, so clear and truly amazing. There in front of my eyes stood a white kangaroo, pure white. I stopped and stared for a long time it seemed. But it couldn’t have been that long really. But this was mind blowing. How I thought I even thought I must be special to see this magnificent sight, I didn’t really think too much more. Wow! Is this really happening to me? I felt a bliss truly, and then just like that, I had a thought, maybe something or somebody warning me. I don’t know, but something in my mind kept repeating run run, Then I clicked, this is the kadatja man. Well rode off quietly on horse feeling scared, but excited in what I’d just experienced. I never talked to many about what I’d just seen, even with my cousin who was older than me. The next day and that night I couldn’t eat much. Then the next day we all went back to town for voting. I was too young but still went for the ride, straight into hospital. I went for a month, very sick, boils in both kidneys. Doctors in hospital absolutely baffled, never seen this in their life. When I explain about the white kangaroo to all the different new doctors, because they kept asking me how this happened. They did think it a bit of a joke. No idea, silly doctors in 1983 cos after this for years this kadatja man followed me everywhere. I mean all the different places I lived, Alice, Darwin, Adelaide, Tiwi Islands. Always with me doing freaky things but I never got sick again. I’d really love to experience all these things again. I haven’t seen him for a long time now.
Signed Cameron Ross Pengarte 27.7.26