Wominjeka fellow travellers! This Sunday we celebrate Hurstbridge Wattle Festival and since 1910, the 1st September has been a day of celebration in Australia that marks the official start of Spring, known as ‘Poorneet’ in Wurundjeri. Wurundjeri people... 
Amazing that our wattles really are blooming again, when on this day, 15th August 1903, the last Ngurungaeta (leader) of the Wurundjeri people, William Barak, died and was buried in the small cemetery at Coranderrk. Today let’s remember William Barak and the voice he... 
“Imagine a landscape of open woodland and gently undulating plains, a place where giant wombats the size of donkeys wander, or where Koorie camps dot the area around the Yarra River, where Caulfield and Carrum are luxuriant places for food gathering and... 
August 1st is the beginning of the Orchid season (Guling), according to the Wurundjeri Calander, a prelude to spring when the cold weather begins to ease. The silver wattle trees (mayan) have begun their distinctive bloom, clusters of small yellow flowers heralding... 