Being the one source of water at Uluru (in late-June, 2025), I figured if I waited long enough (over 4 hours) that the water source would attract some opportunities for me to photograph.

Listening in to one of the tours that came by in this time, I learnt that in Aboriginal Culture, Willie Wagtails can symbolise both communication and mischief; both things I witnessed in my time there.

These two Wagtails had been hanging around the entire time, scourging around the waters edge and singling out the tourists they trusted or dis-liked, opting to either swoop at or land on.

At the very second I was taking this image this Wagtail in particular started making a piercing, alarming sound right next to my ear. I turned around to spot a pack of dogs that some Indigenous children had brought for a swim, and quickly realised it was alerting its family to the threat. The look on its face in this image captures that exact moment.