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Barrangga is build up time. It is hot and humid, with thalangu (dust & storms), and walangu (gales) whipping across country. The hot weather signals a big shift for our reptiles as the jungurra (olive python) and walaganburu (rock python) wake up from their cold weather sleep. The flowering Bandiran (silver-leaf paperbark) tells us that the gayi (crocodile) are now laying their eggs.

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.

As the afternoon sky lightens into biyi (shades of pink & purple), and the munbu (stratus clouds) streak across the sky, we know that cold weather has come. The milky way brightens as we burn thalngarri (Snappy Gum) which keeps us warm throughout the night. Maurri is the season for galamurra (bush turkey), one of the tastiest of our bush meats.

Barrangga is build up time. It is hot and humid, with thalangu (dust & storms), and walangu (gales) whipping across country. The hot weather signals a big shift for our reptiles as the jungurra (olive python) and walaganburu (rock python) wake up from their cold weather sleep. The flowering Bandiran (silver-leaf paperbark) tells us that the gayi (crocodile) are now laying their eggs.

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.

As the afternoon sky lightens into biyi (shades of pink & purple), and the munbu (stratus clouds) streak across the sky, we know that cold weather has come. The milky way brightens as we burn thalngarri (Snappy Gum) which keeps us warm throughout the night. Maurri is the season for galamurra (bush turkey), one of the tastiest of our bush meats.