28/08/2026
🌬️ Wurumabaa (Windy place and time)
Right now, on Birrbay Country we're winding down on Wurumabaa, (roughly July to August).
Wuruma djukal: big wind coming from all over, with rain falling up in the mountains. A little bit hitting us here on the coast. 🌧️⛰️
As the season rounds out, Country is busy:
🐢 Guraa, the turtles, are active
🦈 Guyiwan, the grey nurse shark, is birthing
🦉 Gining, the powerful owl, is nesting
🪶 Wandigiyn, the lyrebird, is building
💛 And Watjing, the wattle, is flowering, the gold you can see along the roadsides and creek lines at the moment
Wurumabaa is one of six seasons in Birrbaybaa Barraybaa, the Birrbay calendar of place and time. It sits between Yitanbaa, the cold season, and Gandjabaa, the nest season and as Wurumabaa wraps up, Gandjabaa is on its way: the whales will continue even more so to head south with their young, and the shellfish can start to be eaten again. 🐋
Reading Country this way keeps the language and the knowledge working together. What are you noticing on Country as this Wurumabaa winds down?
The seasonal artwork is by Krystal Hurst from Gilawarra Arts. 🎨 and many Birrbay people have contributed their time and knowledge to a seasonal calendar we are building out for teaching and learning in partnership with Land Care.
