Bulurru is the time of the monsoon rains. Everything is green and it is the best time for hunting and harvest. The air is thick with the scent of barrala, shiny black spinifex wax, which we use for healing. The call of the yidiyidi (cicada) lets us know that it is time for ceremony to begin. Miljidawurru are the storms from the south that bring lightning, thunder and big gusty winds. Gulumbuway follow and are quieter storms that bring lots of winyji and flooding rivers. Gurgu wandaga (long unbroken cloud formations) also carry rain

After the big rains, muwayi (country) is alive and active. The gilini (sesbania plant) appears during wet season and when the bright yellow flowers appear, this indicates that the baaniy (goanna) are fat and ready to be hunted. It is the nyalalanggarra (male), who has been feeding on ngali (frogs), that we target at this time. Bambarri (freshwater mussels) are fat and we cook them in hot coals or boil them to eat. They make good bait for fishing. Girinybali is when we start using winthali (fire) to look after and manage muwayi.

As the afternoon sky lightens into biyi (shades of pink & purple), and the munbu (stratus clouds) streak across the sky, we know that muarri (cold weather) has come. The milky way brightens as we burn thalngarri (snappy gum) which keeps us warm throughout the night. Winter rains called guluwa are known as knock 'em down rains as they knock down the mangulu (spear grass) signallying cold weather. Maurri is the season for galamuda (bush turkey/Australian bustard) one of the tastiest of our bush meats.

Bulurru is the time of the monsoon rains. Everything is green and it is the best time for hunting and harvest. The air is thick with the scent of barrala, shiny black spinifex wax, which we use for healing. The call of the yidiyidi (cicada) lets us know that it is time for ceremony to begin. Miljidawurru are the storms from the south that bring lightning, thunder and big gusty winds. Gulumbuway follow and are quieter storms that bring lots of winyji and flooding rivers. Gurgu wandaga (long unbroken cloud formations) also carry rain

After the big rains, muwayi (country) is alive and active. The gilini (sesbania plant) appears during wet season and when the bright yellow flowers appear, this indicates that the baaniy (goanna) are fat and ready to be hunted. It is the nyalalanggarra (male), who has been feeding on ngali (frogs), that we target at this time. Bambarri (freshwater mussels) are fat and we cook them in hot coals or boil them to eat. They make good bait for fishing. Girinybali is when we start using winthali (fire) to look after and manage muwayi.

As the afternoon sky lightens into biyi (shades of pink & purple), and the munbu (stratus clouds) streak across the sky, we know that muarri (cold weather) has come. The milky way brightens as we burn thalngarri (snappy gum) which keeps us warm throughout the night. Winter rains called guluwa are known as knock 'em down rains as they knock down the mangulu (spear grass) signallying cold weather. Maurri is the season for galamuda (bush turkey/Australian bustard) one of the tastiest of our bush meats.