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Memorial art at Cottesloe Beach |
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We've got SIX!! |
Here I am
again banging on about seasons and how lovely they are in the Northern
Hemisphere. Oh how we miss the colours
of Autumn, the silence of snow fall, and the darling buds of May! I’ve been ‘tree spotting’ this Autumn. I’ve noticed there are very few and far
between trees dotted around whose leaves actually do turn orange and fall off,
and I want one, in my garden. So every
July I can gaze outside and pretend I’m in a forest. A proper one.
Sad isn’t it? They’re called
London Planes, a species of Sycamore, if you’re interested.
But I’ve
also noticed other goings on. Subtle
changes, but they’re there if you’re looking for it. Or if you’re a native Australian still living
traditional ways and it’s what you live by.
I speak only for Western Australia, as I have no idea what goes on in
the rest of the country because it’s too far away, but we not only have four
seasons, we’ve six!! You’re jealous, I
can tell. The photo explains things a
bit further. These posts are dotted
around Kings Park giving information on various native Australian goings-on. The six season are: June-July, we have Makura
or the First Rains, and this is the Fertility Season; August-September is
Djilba or Second Rains, the Season of Conception; October-November is
Kambarang, Wildflower Season and Season of Birth; December-January is Birok,
First Summer and Season of the Young; Bunuru or Second Summer, Season of
Adolescence is February-March; and Djeran is Autumn Season, April-May, and is
the Season of Adulthood. I bet that’s something
you’ve ALWAYS wanted to know!
On day we
took in some art at Cottesloe Beach, another ‘must visit’ if you’re ever in
these parts. One exhibition was a
memorial to each Australian life lost in the Bali bombings, and consisted of a
bamboo tower, one for each life, fashioned into a windmill/whistle and
altogether they made a lovely calming sound when the breeze blew.
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Saturday morning Yoga |
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Mounted Police in the city |
February
brought the beginning of the school year and Noah’s first day (a bit of tear
spiller for me, not him!) and my first semester at university. By March the sweltering 40 degree days were
left behind making way for flannelette pyjamas and Easter egg hunts and camping
in the beautiful south-west. Then came
Maciek’s birthday for which he received a BRILLIANT present which was a
slackline (thanks to me!), now erected in the back garden, yoga mornings, and a
day out to Fremantle Prison, built by the convicts in the 1850’s.
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Fremantle Prison |
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Slacklining |
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Easter Bunnies |
We are now
into winter, enjoying some rain, but reluctant to turn the heater off in the
lounge room at bedtime because the bedrooms are freezing (we’ve got none of that
central heating rubbish!). And according
to the Aborigines, this is the Fertility Season. Hmmm, I wonder if that’s got something to do
with ‘warming up activities’ that might be helpful on these chilly wintery
nights?
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Info about the Boab Tree |
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Fountain, Kings Park |
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Boab Tree in Kings Park |
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Paddling on the Swan River |
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Giant slide in the city |
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First day at school |
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Cottesloe Beach |