Mark Jones: documentarian, storyteller, spiritual adventurer and father of two.
Mark made 17 adventure documentaries with the legendary Malcolm Douglas and subsequently managed his crocodile park. He is a historian, storyteller and an adventurer with a deep fascination and appreciation for Rock art and Aboriginal culture. This is a conversation of epic scope.

Topics discussed.
Crabbing in the Mangroves and discussing the epic of Gilgamesh.
Straight into everything- storytelling and history.
Linguistics, Aboriginal story tradition, the Kimberley.
Malcom Douglas documentary making. Managing the crocodile park.
Falling in love with the camera, the Kimberley and rock art.
Fear of the future now that I have children- everything that humans create eventually collapses.
More Gilgamesh- the end of human immortality.

Mark's fatherhood journey told. Meeting his wife over a fish gutting table.
Even the most serine parents will be pushed to their limits some time.
Aboriginal people in the Kimberley call their children mother and father.
How do we nurture resilience in our children?
Being a father is a healing process.
When your parents didn't cope very well and the effect that has on you as a parent.
Call your son Dad.
Kids have Epochs.
Without our wives we are doomed.
Politics should be dominated by women.
Misogyny.
Sleep is everything.
A meeting with a great white shark- that's not a euphemism.
Meaning and connection in order to parent well.
"What's it all about?"- A billionaire asks an Aboriginal man sitting on a mat.
We are living in an unsatisfying story.
Spend time with the dying.
Children are better with death than adults.
Resilience by facing realities of life.
Your soul kept moving and the fear didn't exist.
To give birth to the ancients in a new time is creation. Jung.
Universal Lore.
Decide what you question is?
Toddlers are c@$!s. Sometimes.
Avoiding the violent upbringing that we may have had.
Entitled, thin skinned and narcissistic.
Strong fathers as a stand in for the world.
Accept that your kids won't like you sometimes.
Men and boys- clear measured guidance.
Girls need good fathers too.
Letting go of the voices in your head.
Broome

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