Australia’s history is long and complicated and the colonisation of this land has resulted in a huge disparity between different groups of Australians. If you’ve ever wondered what you can do to support Indigenous communities and start to close the gap, visiting East Arnhem Land is one of them. Visiting and spending your tourist dollars means a great deal to the communities who sit on the edge between a remote, ancient, simple way of life and a modern, technology-flooded globalised economy. With one foot in each world, these communities are still finding where they fit among the changing socio-economic landscape.   Being cut off, both in terms of physical distance and also access to services and provisions makes East Arnhem Land a very interesting place to visit. Both the people and the landscape are resourceful and resilient – surviving all that the Northern Territory weather has to throw at them. The unsealed roads, untouched forests, and undeveloped beaches are a refreshing change from the towns and cities that now occupy much of Australia. If you want to get outdoors, really outdoors, East Arnhem Land has to be top of your list for your next getaway. ‘Freedom is here in Arnhem Land,’ Mandaka tells me. ‘You can’t find it out there in the big cities. You need to get away from there and enjoy Yolngu’s land. Being free. Just you and your family. And I respect that.’ ‘As a Traditional Owner, I respect people who are camping here. Sitting here, talking. I leave them alone. I only come and introduce myself and ask if they have a permit. Then I will leave them alone. I won’t stick around and say, hey you must do this and that. No, I don’t do that. If you’re sitting there, that’s your life, that’s your freedom. That’s it.’ Photos thanks to Lirriwi Tourism and Sarah Tayler