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Barrabup Sanctuary

Locality: Nannup, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9756 1332

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25.01.2022 the name of the source page is perfect for this

24.01.2022 How great is this? A free downloadable booklet of Indigenous plants! Designed for community groups, schools and individuals who want to connect with native ...plants and understand the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of plants (such as traps, nets and weapons) developed over many, many millennia by Australia’s First Peoples. Also includes handy list of resource links providing detailed information on how to make garden beds, plant groupings and tips on choosing plants, where to buy them and how to keep your garden healthy. Download the book here: https://bit.ly/3ewfgjV Credit: Indigenous Plant Use By Zena Cumpston Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub National Environmental Science Programme #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

18.01.2022 The Brahmin Moth before and after metamorphosis.

17.01.2022 This important article from 2018 is doing the rounds again. Here in WA, a 2013 UWA study by Andrich and Imberger found that up to 62% of the rainfall decline in parts of WA is a result of land clearing. Forest protection is climate action.

16.01.2022 Legend of the Kambo origin Legend has it that once upon a time the Kaxinawa tribe of the Upper Amazon were struck down by a mysterious disease that defied ...all of their known remedies. At night, surrounded by groaning and grieving, the elders gathered around the fire, trying to work out what was happening. Perhaps they had been cursed by a rival tribe. Perhaps it was something the Spaniards had brought into the forest. A dire fateeven extinctionbeckoned. At this realization, Pajé Kampú, one of the tribe's older shamans, decided to venture deep into the forest on a vision quest. In a remote spot, far from everyone and everything, he cooked a potent brew of yajé and drank it at sunset. That night, in answer to his prayers, the Queen of the Forest appeared in his vision. Beckoning him to the trunk of an enormous tree, She flicked her eyes upwards. Old Pajé Kampú followed her gaze. Something was moving up there among the leaves... You can imagine Pajé Kampú's surpriseand reliefwhen a bright green frog climbed down onto his shoulder. With no claws or teeth, Pajé Kampú wondered how this harmless creature could help him. 'Don't be deceived,' said the Queen, reading his thoughts. 'This amiable little fellow is a prince of the forest. No one ever bothers himnot even the great anaconda Sachamama! 'Is he poisonous?' said Pajé Kampú. Yes, but as you know, the poisons of the forest are medicines, if you know how to use them.' And without further ado the Queen showed Pajé Kampú how to work with the frog. Pajé Kampú returned to the tribe and at once set about treating them with the new medicine. Needless to say, it worked! Not only did it cure the tribe of the mysterious disease, it served to cure snakebite, malaria and curses. Indeed, the wonder medicine infused them with the spirit of the froga power nobody would have guessed was housed in such a little green body.

16.01.2022 Driftwood art by Allan Borg

13.01.2022 Check out this story - give the cockies back their forests and they won't need apples! A really good argument against logging native forests.

13.01.2022 Just soo good...

13.01.2022 ABSOLUTELY CRACKING EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA. At 5.4m wide our Tasmanian Big Tree Register data indicates this specimen is either the biggest or second biggest Eucaly...ptus Obliqua by girth on earth. Bit of a shame that Sustainable Timber Tasmania doesn’t think it’s a worthwhile emblem of Tasmania’s natural heritage. This whopper is found in logging area TN005D in the Florentine Valley Tasmania. See more

13.01.2022 Did you know the trees can dance? This is my favorite series from wonderful Indonesia, I photographed these mangrove trees at Sumba island. The most elegant trees I've ever seen! Especially with sunset reflections during high tide.

10.01.2022 Gugaamgan = Emu

09.01.2022 The purple-crowned fairywren is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is the largest of the eleven species in the genus Malurus and is endemic to northern Australia

09.01.2022 Trees are not just airbenders, they are waterbenders too! When you look at a tree, you may think that it’s just converting carbon dioxide into oxygen or the air... we breathe. Well, converting the air we expel to the air we breathe isn’t just the only magical trick that trees have in their sleeves, it can also produce water through evaporation! A single tree produces 265 liters or 70 gallons of water per day through evaporation. How amazing is nature? - with @alwaysroaming @mblockk

08.01.2022 Remind me again why we’re still logging native forests? The FPC’s Annual Report 2019-2020 has just been published on their website and shows an operating loss o...f $1.7 million before tax for their native forest logging segment. In what universe is logging native forests and not even making a profit an acceptable concept?! See more

07.01.2022 It is an absurdity. #Nannas4NativeForests #HelmsForest #ProtectNativeForests #Forests4Climate #climate #oldgrowthgrannies 3 ways you can show your support for ...Nannas for Native Forests (start by giving them a like and follow) Please sign and share the online letter to the Premier, and to increase the power of your letter today, edit it to include a mention of your support of the ‘Nannas for Native Forests’ and their request for all native forests to be immediately protected. https://waforestalliance.good.do/forests/forestsforclimate/ Join the team working to protect native forests: https://wafa.org.au/join-in/#join Donate to the crowdfunder to produce the documentary, ‘Cry of the Forests’ which looks at the plight of WA’s unique forests and their value in mitigating climate change. https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/pro/cry-of-the-forests/

04.01.2022 Mirror Sculptures Reflect The Forest by Scottish Artist Rob Mulholland

02.01.2022 Telling the bees... There was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a strange tradition. Whenever there was a death in the fami...ly, someone had to go out to the hives and tell the bees of the terrible loss that had befallen the family. Failing to do so often resulted in further losses such as the bees leaving the hive, or not producing enough honey or even dying. Traditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as telling the bees. The practice of telling the bees may have its origins in Celtic mythology that held that bees were the link between our world and the spirit world. So if you had any message that you wished to pass to someone who was dead, all you had to do was tell the bees and they would pass along the message. The typical way to tell the bees was for the head of the household, or goodwife of the house to go out to the hives, knock gently to get the attention of the bees, and then softly murmur in a doleful tune the solemn news. Little rhymes developed over the centuries specific to a particular region. In Nottinghamshire, the wife of the dead was heard singing quietly in front of the hive, The master's dead, but don't you go; Your mistress will be a good mistress to you. In Germany, a similar couplet was heard, Little bee, our lord is dead; Leave me not in my distress. But the relationship between bees and humans goes beyond superstition. It’s a fact, that bees help humans survive. 70 of the top 100 crop species that feed 90% of the human population rely on bees for pollination. Without them, these plants would cease to exist and with it all animals that eat those plants. This can have a cascading effect that would ripple catastrophically up the food chain. Losing a beehive is much worse than losing a supply of honey. The consequences are life threatening. The act of telling the bees emphasizes this deep connection humans share with the insect. ~ Excerpt from https://www.amusingplanet.com/.../the-adorable-custom-of... Art: The Bee Friend, a painting by Hans Thoma (18391924)

02.01.2022 Recently I had the most amazing Numbat experience. While driving, I noticed 2 Numbats on the road in front of me...however it did not appear to be a Male/female... encounter. Followed where they went and then came across 2 juveniles and a Mum. The juveniles were quite large and almost adult size, but they were squabbling over which one could 'piggy-back' onto Mum. Mum Numbats use this process when they wish to move bubs...one or two will be on-board and any extras walk alongside. I managed to get into a position where I could photograph the ensuing activities and then had to stand absolutely still so they were not spooked by me. The photos show the interactions between the three Numbats. How privileged was I to experience this fabulous occurrence. The Numbats were co-operative, the light was right...and I WAS THERE. Those who know me will know that I took many hundreds of photos. I have chosen those which seem to exhibit the behaviour best. Still shaking my head at being so lucky to see and film this. See more

01.01.2022 Thousands have lived without love, not one without water -W. H. Auden