Kaya! I am honoured to acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar whose boodjar I live on and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I extend that respect to other indigenous people who happen to read this.
If you go by the dates in the Bureau of Meterology's calendar it's the middle of Djilba (spellings will vary) - or first Spring or Springter. Always remember that it's not by these arbitary dates but is a phenological system - it happens when the indicators are right. It's still very cold and wet - it was 10degrees Celsius yesterday, brrrrr.
Some indicators for Djilba are the masses of yellow flowers from wattles, cream coloured flowers and some blue too.
As this transitional season gets warm the Coolbardies and the Chuck-a-lucks will start being protective of their nests.
If you haven't checked out the BoM's Indegenous Weather Knowledge page, go and check it out. If you're in Australia it will probably make a heap more sense to you than the traditional 4 Seasons that we're saturated with. They even give you guidelines on how to submit a new calendar or make your own.
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/nyoongar.shtml
10 degrees is not cold. I mean, I lose the gloves at about then or slightly lower. 😄
ReplyDeleteDid you think that before you moved to Canberra?
ReplyDeleteAlicia Smith probably not, but I’ve been here, what, 15 years now?
ReplyDeleteThat said, there are STILL occasional moments in winter when the suddenly dark from living in a valley will disconcert me. Apparently you can take the man out of City Beach but you can’t take the boy’s expectations of a long twilight over a flat horizon away.
It must be disconcerting. Geology by the coast here rarely interferes with the sky.
ReplyDeletewhat are gloves for other than protecting your fingers against power tools?
ReplyDeleteCycling? Snorkeling?
ReplyDeleteCold. Especially subzero cold.
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