Category: 6 seasons of Gariwerd

Ballambar (early summer)

Ballambar

Season of butterflies – early summer.

(mid November – late January)

Warmth, butterflies and wetland plants.

With the onset of summer heat, the land dries and the weather stabilises.

This is the season of butterflies or Ballambar.… Read the rest

Larneuk (early spring)

Larneuk

Season of nesting birds – early spring.

(late July to late August)

Nesting birds and changeable weather.

Early spring (season of nesting birds or Larneuk) is often the wettest time of the year with rivers running high.

It is a time of dramatic weather changes, with up to six seasons in one day.… Read the rest

Petyan (late Spring)

Petyan

Season of Wildflowers

(late August to mid November)

Wildlife and wildflowers

In spring (season of wildflowers or Petyan) the bush bursts into life.

Natures rock gardens amaze.

The days are warmer, although the weather can still be tempestuous.… Read the rest

Kooyang (late summer)

Kooyang

Season of Eels – late summer.

(late January to late March)

A parched landscape

Late summer season – a season of eels or kooyang – is the hottest and driest time of the year.

The risk of bushfire (Piikordal) is high.

Streams dry up… Read the rest

Gwangal Moronn (Autumn)

Gwangal Moronn

Gwangal Moronn

(late March to mid June) is depicted by insects, pink heath and sunrises.

It is when the country starts to cool down after the summer heat.

This season incorporates the following:

  • Cool mornings and warm, still days.
  • Red sunrises and golden evenings.
  • Honeyeaters and wrens searching for moths and insects.
  • Birds forming flocks and migrating north.
  • Skinks and turtles hibernating.
  • Eels heading to sea for breeding.
  • Possums beginning to breed.
  • Flowering of Manna gums and candlebarks.
  • Red and white “fly agaric” fungi.
  • Flowering of Banksias and Heath.
… Read the rest

Chinnup (Winter)

Chinnup

The Winter season is depicted by cockatoos, fungi as well as clothes and totems.

This season incorporates the following:

Bleak mists, freezing winds and rain.
Animal breeding – Antechinus, phascogales and echidnas.
Laying of eggs by powerful owls.
Yellow – tailed Black Cockatoos on the move – tear at wattles for moths.
Blooming of fungi and winter orchids.
Flowering of heath and correa providing flashes of colour.
Return of Aquila constellation (Bunjil).… Read the rest