In the north of Australia, where the tracks fade into the sand and the sea embraces the mangrove, another world begins. Between bantengs and invisible marine predators, here is an adventure in the heart of a raw territory, guided by the bow and instinct. A timeless fishing trip in the warm, murky waters of the Cobourg Peninsula.
After successfully harvesting our buffaloes, Brian and I decide to continue our journey into the Australian bush, still accompanied by Ben, our guide. The time has not yet come to return. One final goal calls to us, ambitious and full of meaning: to allow Brian to harvest a banteng and thus complete, in a single trip, the grand slam of Australian wild cattle. A rare, demanding, almost initiatory quest.
To do this, we must head even further north, to where Australia touches its wildest borders, toward an immense territory where few men set foot: the Cobourg Peninsula. A friend of Ben's holds a few precious permits to harvest banteng in a hunting area of raw beauty, entirely located in the heart of the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park. Here, everything breathes archaism: the solitude, the dust, the endless tracks, the forces of nature that yield nothing.