"Kaya Bunuru. The Second Summer of the Nyoongar calendar is in full swing. While it’s typically the hottest time of year, we’re in for a fairly mild week in the southwest of our State with warm temps and cool sea breezes near the coast. Keep an eye out for white flowers during this season, with lots of white flowering gums in full bloom, such as our jarrah, marri and ghost gums.
While our northwest remains in full wet season mode (Wunju in the Wunambal Gaambera calendar, Man-Gala on Yawuru Country and Nyinggiyi-mageny near Kununurra on Miriwoong land), it seems the heavy rains are done for a little while, with only a few showers forecast for the Kimberley and Pilbara this week" - from Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA, https://www.facebook.com/dfeswa/posts/pfbid0kSaMVbESkp7RUkjvQE5c8eDokpVbCWAHPz2x1DMFV4vaqc9ZK7NybGChZEHu7LCFl

#Bunuru
#NyoongarCalendar
#Nyoongar
#Calendar
#Summer
#Season
#Seasons

@rdm has inspired me to finally do an #introduction - I think he's been on Mastodon less than 24 hours, and me, well, I've been active a little while. Better late than never?

Kaya, nganyang kwerl leece, wer ngany Whadjak #Nyoongar boodja-k nyininy. I give my respect to the Nyoongar people, and to the Elders of the past, present and those who are to come.

For tens of thousands of years they have lived, worked and played and cared for the land of South West Australia.

They have been very kind to share their #noongarlanguage and their culture with me and I deeply appreciate that.

Likewise my respect goes out to the Elders of First Nations everywhere.

Hello, my name is leece, and I live on Whadjuk Nyoongar boodja. I have a passion for nature and #citizenscience and am a moderator for the Western Shield Camera Project on Zooniverse.

Pronoun wise she/her is fine although I think baal/baalap is better. I'm an #artist - I have a Diploma in Fine Art (sculpture) but mostly 2d these days.

I'm married to @rdm who is a really cool dude who joined me in my interest in #birdwatching , enthusiastically joined me in #mermaiding and taught me how to sail, and to manage a #kayak and generally watercraft, and already loved #sf and #fantasy #books #movies and #ttrpg as well as #boardgame

#GURPS #gm too. I am a latecomer to the world of #lego but have become something of an #afol in the past year or two.

Kaya koorda. Noonook kwoba? Ngany bidibaba.

Yeyi, nidja kedala baal kalaang. Kalyakoorl nidja Birak bonar baal kaalang. Nidja Bunuru-mokiny!

Naatj noonook kedala warniny? Djiba-djobaliny moorditj djinanginy!

#noongar #nyoongar #noongarlanguage

Kaya koorda,

On the 26th, which is not a date to celebrate, people in and out of Australia might like to look at and listen to the wonderful languages that resonate in the lands of Australia.

Don't know where to look?
You can find out and listen to them here, with speakers recording the 50 words project here:

https://50words.online/

More information's available at https://gambay.com.au/

#50words #indigenous #language #firstlanguages
#australia #nyoongar #noongar

If there are any other Nyoongar speakers here or other first languages speakers it might be nice to exchange some conversation.

GOOD HOO-MAN FOOD

A snippet from my Space Opera timeline that I'm working on. I wanted to share it here but because of character limits, I had to do it through screenshots. Hope whoever reads it enjoys it. 😊

#art #conceptart #drawing #sketch #scifi #sciencefiction #nyoongar #noongar #yamatji #polonyandsauce #chips #goodfood #markets #aliens #spaceopera #space #科幻 #藝術 #畫畫 #画画 #天空 #薯條 #料理 #好吃 #天空人 #市場

Day 99 of 100 Day Challenge (apologies for lateness yet again)

Holy crap! Can't believe there's one day left to my challenge. The time has flown by! 😮

Nyoongar word of the year

KAMBARANG: Roughly October and November every year. The Wildflower Season. The Season of Birth

#kambarang #spring #wildflowerseason #seasonofbirth #nyoongar #noongar #noongarboodjar #language #wordoftheday #languagelearning #yearofindigenouslanguages #春 #野花 #語言 #學語言 #國際原住民語言年 #原住民語言