Desmond paints his place of birth, Linti, a rockhole not far from Kurlkurta. The kangaroo is his totem animal. His paintings tell the story of the Kangaroo Dreaming. Many kangaroos lived around a rockhole close to Linti. The Kangaroo spirit went into thatrockhole underground and came out through a smaller . Desmond remembers walking over the 'tali tjuta' (many sandhills) with his family from Linti to the rockhole of the Kangaroo spirit. "Lake country with long grass."