leeceHappy Lunar New Year! Djoorop Dilbi Mika-l Bonar!
Jo the Neenish TartSad news. I had no idea he was even sick. He and Gina Williams were a much loved double act. Their song Wanjoo (Welcome), which Williams sings in Noongar, is used as the welcome siren in several Perth schools.
Guy Ghouse: WA musician and teacher loses battle to cancer at age 56
#GuyGhouse #GinaWilliams #AusMusicMonth #WesternAustralia #Boorloo #noongarlanguage #NoongarBoodja
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/96039-wanjoo-performed-gina-williams-and-guy-ghouse
@buddhawilliams Sacred Kingfisher, or 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗸, in the form of #NoongarLanguage that I was taught by Aunty Sharon.
Yeyi, boorong koorliny. Nyit malka...
Right now the rain comes. Little bit of thunder.
Yeyi woola, nidja boorong koorliny! Boorda kabin bindari.
#PerthWesternAustralia #NoongarLanguage #NoongarMookarooSeason
@Cr_Sky Woola! Nidja baal moorditj ngany ni! Koora koora nediny Nyoongar baalap kwop kaal barang, yoowart warra kaal! Yeyi kwop kaal moorditj!
Hooray! It's good I'm hearing it! A long time ago Nyoongar people brought good fire, not bad fire. Right now good fire is awesome!
#codenamesapp
#NoongarLanguage #PerthWesternAustralia
The word "Wadjemup" has been approved to the Codenames App dictionary as apparently I had a sympathetic jury.
Possibly it is there and Rottnest isn't yet, take that, colonialism!
@Cr_Sky Nidja baal moorditj! Ngany djoorap djinanginy! Winyarn, ngany menditj wer ngany yoowart koorliny.
Thank you to my #Nyoongarlanguage teachers who have graciously shared their language with me and permit me to share what I have learned. It is a great gift which I treasure.
(roughly)
This sounds awesome! I'm happy seeing!
Pitifully I am sick and I am not going.
I would very much have liked to go to the storytime.
Well, we've had rather a full weekend. First thing Saturday was pancakes on the patio as @rdm had made butter during the week. Consequently there was buttermilk - and the best use of that is clearly pancakes.
This stood us in good stead for the next bit which was to drive about 40 minutes South for a kiddy birthday party, where we joined the birthday kiddo and friends and family for cake and chatting.
Then it was off to Walyalup for us! We decided to have lunch at Run Amuk which does gourmet hot dogs with gluten free options. So delicious! The hot Easterly Wind (Nundat) at our backs we picnicked on South Beach in the shade. It was delicious food but the hot wind wasn't to our taste so we didn't linger.
We wandered to our hotel, The Hougoumont which has tiny, tiny rooms but great, great staff. And a lovely foyer to chill in and enjoy complimentary coffee whilst waiting for the room to be ready. So I did a couple of drawings out of my comfort zone, again ink straight to paper - and rdm read. Then we flaked in our room for a bit before dinner at Benny's (recommended) and icecream at Kuld (even more recommended).
Then it was time for the drone show which was great! A giant crocodile invaded from the North, and this came to the attention of one of our local guardian Wargul , the great rainbow serpent so there was a bit of a conflict in the sky.
This show is going to be shown in Attadale and Wadjemap, so if you're interested in seeing it the details are
https://fremantlebiennale.com.au/project/first-lights-kooranup/
The first 5 minutes I took - here, but beware there is sound!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pLPXM16xpXQ6oZrk9
After that Rob set up the Dwarf II and we chilled for a bit. I did some astrophotography with my phone which will be quite nice after some postprocessing so watch this space.
Then it was back to the hotel for a bit of a watch - Marcia Hynes introing Rage and then sleepy bos.
The next day we woke and enjoyed our complimentary gf breakfast in the foyer, and then checked out as we had stuff to do at home and lunch with friends to attend.
We saw their travel photos of Queensland, chatted and showed the video from the drone show, and then went home by way of JB HiFi (I want my sister to try the astrophotography with the phone thing, so I'm buying her a tripod for her phone to encourage her) and watched Taskmaster with Mum over coffee and chocolate gingerbread.
#Fremantle #PerthWesternAustralia #ink #FountainPens #FountainPen #NoAI #NoongarLanguage #NoongarCulture #drawingwithoutanet #AstroPhotograhy
We can't make it tonight, but we'll be there tomorrow night at Walyalup. If you can't make it you might like to enjoy the live stream on Saturday night when they plan to stream it.
https://www.facebook.com/events/6583934841716913/?ref=newsfeed
I suspect that we will see a story about the ancestral crocodile Yondok and the Waugal.
There's one version here https://www.derbalnara.org.au/origin-of-derbal-nara-1
I think I prefer these drone shows rather than fireworks.
There are other events related to it at Wadjemap and Attadale also coming up.
https://fremantlebiennale.com.au/project/first-lights-kooranup/
#NoongarLanguage #Fremantle #WesternAustralia #NoongarCulture #PerthWesternAustralia