The Tiwi Islands are located 100km north of Darwin. The Dundas strait separates Melville and Bathurst Island from Mainland Australia. Melville Island is Australia's largest island after Tasmania. A land of dense rainforest and cascading waterfalls, Melville Island, together with nearby Bathurst, is home to the Australian Aboriginal people, the Tiwi. (Tiwi is said to translate to people, so saying Tiwi people becomes a redundancy.) The Tiwi are well-known for their batik and silk-screened clothing, woven bangles, painted conch shells, carvings, pottery, and decorated pukumani burial poles. Melville and Bathurst comprise the Tiwi islands which are administered by the Tiwi Land Council. Entry to the Tiwi islands is by permit, and touring is only allowed on Bathurst Island.