By Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia Fascinating images have emerged from an Australian Aboriginal tribe's annual pilgrimage to their sacred sites along Queensland's western deserts. Melbourne photographer Brook Mitchell documented the spiritual event of the Marrinyama men who embark on the journey each year as a way of keeping their local traditions and lore alive. The men spend three months of their summer at bush camps near the desert outpost town of Cloncurry in Queensland's north-west, where  temperatures average in the high 40Cs. They're also known as the 'Kangaroo Society' for the self-inflicted ceremonial marks cut into the arms of the men with sharp rock fragments to resemble the scratch from a kangaroo.
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Photographer Brook Mitchell documented the annual pilgrimage of the Marrinyama men of Queensland's western deserts
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The tribe visit their sacred sites as a way of keeping their local traditions and lore alive
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They spend three months of the summer at bush camps near Cloncurry in Queensland's north-west
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They're also known as the 'Kangaroo Society' for the self-inflicted ceremonial marks cut into the arms of the men to resemble the scratch from a kangaroo
Desert dust stroms and rain combine for a spectacular light show during the @placeholder society's pilgrimage in summer