Mike Donaldson. (Ben Collins - ABC Local)

ABC Kimberley: Article by Vanessa Mills.

Mike Donaldson is a geologist by trade, yet you're more likely to find him holding a camera than a G-pick when he's exploring the Kimberley.

For more than 20 years he's been walking the region's most remote, beautiful, and rugged landscapes. His passion for the Kimberley's rock art has grown with each trip he makes, from his base in Perth, to become one of the main reasons for his annual hikes.

His enormous collection of slides and photographs of scenary and rockart has been transformed into what may become the seminal series on the ancient art sites

Volume One of Kimberley Rock Art covers the Mitchell Plateau, Wunumbal Gambera country. Mike says that it's taken two years of working with different Aboriginal groups to get permission to print the photographs and get the correct terminology. At the same time many traditional owners were delighted to see places and art sites they were unable to get to or had never visited.

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