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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.

After the big rains, country is alive and active. Baniy (goanna) are growing fat and ready to be hunted. It is the nyalalanggarra (male), who has been feeding on frogs, that we target at this time. Girinybali is when we start using winthali (fire) to look after and manage country.

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.

After the big rains, country is alive and active. Baniy (goanna) are growing fat and ready to be hunted. It is the nyalalanggarra (male), who has been feeding on frogs, that we target at this time. Girinybali is when we start using winthali (fire) to look after and manage country.