Australia's Silk Road?...

I knew a little about the skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but this link provides so many more wonderful insights... https://t.co/gyoFqEuLA4

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2022

flood appeals...

flood appeals
reliable outlets
ensure
a little means
so much#tanka

NOTE: Till 31st March, IGA stores - Add $2.00 donation to shopper docket. 100% transferred to Vinnies Flood Appeal via IGA Community Chest Trust.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 14, 2022

handpan with no hands...

The handpan with no hands...
The Queensland floods play their own unique song... https://t.co/J4ruz4pHZk

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 28, 2022

brolga and human dance in the rain...

A brolga on a Queensland farm loves to dance in the rain with his human friend...https://t.co/UWNOv64EpC

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 2, 2022

bush school...

Urandangi State School only has 3 kindy students. They're triplets – and the principal is their dad.
That means a total of 12 students attend the school...
Urandangi is 187 kilometres south-west of Mount Isa, on the Queensland-Northern Territory border. https://t.co/saiVAq7koS

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 27, 2021

The Bush lead such different lives to most of us.

— Reyfarer (@Reyfarer1) December 28, 2021

wind-driven storms over the last few days...

It seems the great wind gods have organised a grand party in Australia over the past few days...
Wild dust costumes in the north and stormy rain costumes in the south are welcome to attend... https://t.co/D60yVfD4J8

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 31, 2021

spring 'hayfever' fun...

This is one kind of spring 'hayfever' that can actually be fun... https://t.co/tIC3DFVEUb pic.twitter.com/sJIRtAtIw6

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 15, 2021

step up to the Darumbal language...

What a brilliant, creative way to help our understanding and pronunciation of some aboriginal words...And the steps become a work of art...
Yeppoon, on the Capricorn Coast is 38 kms n.e. of Rockhampton, + is the gateway to Great Keppel Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef. https://t.co/GLsL3CGI5l

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 11, 2021

a Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet kind of story...

An uplifting, extraordinary story of light in these extraordinary, dark times...
A 'Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet' kind of story...
This glimpse of 'real life' comes from the Gold Coast, Queensland... https://t.co/vt1h1u52bt pic.twitter.com/1kZTQsVJvc

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 11, 2021

bouncing stones...

WEIRD - The bouncing stones of Thornton Beach, far north Queensland..“Instead of bouncing with ever-decreasing height when thrown in the air, these stones miraculously bounced in varying ways, ...sometimes higher or longer than the first bounce..." https://t.co/BOPG9Clb3V

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 26, 2021

Ash Barty wins Wimbledon at close of NAIDOC Week...

BRILLIANT! Australia is proud...25-year-old Ash Barty from Queensland defeats Karolína Plíšková in 3-set Wimbledon final...She's the first Australian woman to lift the Venus Rosewater dish since Indigenous tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. https://t.co/6JmYoSZJ9k pic.twitter.com/5AYplMWEVe

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 10, 2021

Just love this tweak of the aboriginal flag to celebrate Ash Barty's Wimbledon win! What a grand finale for NAIDOC Week! https://t.co/aW6QOII673

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 10, 2021

Before the tournament, Barty approached her clothing sponsor, Fila, with a suggestion to re-create elements of the outfit Goolagong Cawley wore during her first Wimbledon triumph. Goolagong Cawley’s white dress had buttons all the way down the front and, most notably, a scalloped hemline.

 “We took that element, we took some beautiful stitching of flowers on another dress that Evonne loved, and we took all of that as inspiration, and designed a couple of different outfits for Ash,” said Lauren Mallon, Fila’s senior director of tennis marketing. “We also kept in mind what Ash likes to wear; it’s really important to us as a brand that is comfortable, functional, and beautiful for all of our athletes.” 

Barty, who prefers not to wear dresses on the court, was given a tank top and skort with similar elements. There were other updates: Whereas the flowers that appeared on some of Goolagong Cawley’s outfits were embroidered with colorful thread, the ones on Barty’s dress were laser cut out of the fabric. Source: New York Times July 2, 2021

Great respect for the family background of Ash Barty...
Both Barty's parents were state golf representatives, with Rob also playing for Australia as an amateur.
Neither felt the need to interrupt their daughter's sporting career choices, trusting Barty+her junior coach Jim Joyce. https://t.co/s3rdXvY9EK pic.twitter.com/kBRw0ek57z

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 10, 2021

                                                         Ash Barty + Evonne Goolagong

 

Outback Statues Exhibition...

Southwest Queensland temptations...
11 entries marked the inaugural year of the Outback Statues Exhibition.
2 metal cockatoos by Dion Cross, featured below, are entitled 'A Bush Conversation'.
Victorian bird sculptor Lucy McEachern won 1st prize with her Baby Australian Magpie. https://t.co/M0WO5gPDew

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 5, 2021

Nindigully Pub...

Nindigully Pub, Queensland's oldest hotel, on banks of Moonie River, has an incredible history...The license was issued in 1864 after operating as shearer's accommodation for the Nindigully Station. From late 1800s, the Nindigilly Pub was a Cobb and Co coach change over station. https://t.co/n4PJhgLS58

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 14, 2021

birdwatcher sign...

First time I have ever seen a sign supporting birdwatchers...North Queensland...
Perhaps there should be more around in bushland attracting tourists...in all states... https://t.co/FDUW5LggSt

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 10, 2021

Anzac Day outback...

It's Anzac Day...Not all gatherings are in the cities. Here is an unusual one in outback Queensland, 2015. A ceremony of 104 horses +riders on a hill in far west Queensland...To herald the dawn service, a riderless horse arrived at 6:15amhttps://t.co/o2vzQb0Fmj pic.twitter.com/8BptORciOk

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

dramatic elegance...

This character certainly knows how to assume some dramatic elegance... https://t.co/lvDoO58Oxk

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 22, 2021

cloud forest...

Cloud forest thrives on World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island after pest eradication... https://t.co/Fo9vXWfBB0

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 8, 2021

skies smile on silo art...

The overhang of beautiful skies gives an extra glow to this stunning silo art... https://t.co/PepU9pWKf7

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 13, 2021

Meeting at the Gorge...

Stunning art by South African Mel Briggs.
He is now based in Queensland, Australia.
'Meeting at the Gorge' pic.twitter.com/uVFa45nNNX

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 1, 2021

coat hangers and nests...

ART OF NEST MAKING: Eddie Alexander was cutting down a dying clump of fishtail palms on the Sunshine Coast, QLD, when he found this empty nest made in a construction of coat hangers.
Some believe that this could be the work of magpies...https://t.co/YesrInLWnP pic.twitter.com/Cn4E3AN1sA

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 13, 2020