time ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Dream time ▁( also ▁Dream ing , ▁Alt j ering a ▁or ▁" Bar ib un " ▁in ▁Bund jal ung ; ▁A ▁sacred ▁" once ▁upon ▁a ▁time " ▁period ▁in ▁which ▁ancest ral ▁Tot em ic ▁Spirit ▁Be ings ▁formed ▁" Cre ation ") ▁giant ▁cre atures ▁began ▁to ▁rise ▁up ▁from ▁the ▁grey ▁pla ins ▁where ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁sl umber ing ▁for ▁an ▁unknown ▁amount ▁of ▁time ▁ ▁These ▁myth ical ▁Be ings ▁looked ▁like ▁animals , ▁plants ▁or ▁insect s , ▁but ▁behav ed ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁manner ▁to ▁humans . ▁Because ▁of ▁their ▁giant ▁size , ▁as ▁these ▁be ings ▁w ander ed ▁across ▁the ▁vast ▁grey ▁was tes , ▁performing ▁cer emon ies , ▁dig ging ▁for ▁water , ▁and ▁searching ▁for ▁food ▁and ▁as ▁they ▁went , ▁they ▁made ▁huge ▁rav ines ▁and ▁rivers ▁in ▁the ▁land ▁ ▁The ▁greatest ▁of ▁all ▁these ▁be ings ▁took ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁Rain bow ▁S nake . ▁The ▁movement ▁of ▁his ▁huge ▁multi ▁colored ▁body ▁across ▁the ▁land ▁formed ▁the ▁mountains ▁and ▁rivers ▁that ▁flow ▁to ▁the ▁ocean . ▁By ▁lif ting ▁his ▁tail ▁he ▁makes ▁rain b ows . ▁The ▁Bund jal ung ▁people ▁tell ▁us ▁that ▁Rain bow ▁S nake ▁and ▁Di raw ong ▁worked ▁together ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁northern ▁rivers ▁of ▁n sw ▁& ▁areas ▁of ▁Queensland , ▁causing ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁shape ▁it ▁has ▁today ▁▁ ▁The ▁trib al ▁groups ▁of ▁the ▁Bund jal ung ▁nation