the joy of officially adopted teddies...

Adoption can have its joys...
Teddies officially adopted and loved alongside the adopted boy...
A priceless gesture by the WA Family Court... https://t.co/mrNYfgGxeW

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 21, 2022

burning giants in the WA Karri forests...

So sad that these magnificent, tall trees will soon be a memory, a legend from yesteryear... https://t.co/AVgaePCOo9

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 7, 2022

catastrophic bushfire in Western Australia...

I just cannot believe this catastrophe is given a low airing on eastern states' news...
Even by reliable SBS - tonight - this news is aired halfway through the nightly bulletin...
Only NSW joined efforts today it seems? https://t.co/OKon0kIU7Q

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 7, 2022

sizzling Christmas Day in Geraldton...

A sizzling Christmas Day winner - Geraldton in Western Australia with 47.3° C...
(And the forecast max was 36° C)... https://t.co/7FTBzLKUef

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 25, 2021

Source for forecast temperature... 4 days before...
Agree though, either way a huge miss...https://t.co/FRAFDbE8XB

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 25, 2021

entitlement v. community service...

An unbelievable scenario...where protesters claiming their own hypothetical, blinkered version of entitled safety intimidate those attempting to ensure real-life safety of communities. Self-indulgence v. community service bush-fire warnings...

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

earth tremor 5.4-6.0 magnitude...

MORE SURPISES: I think a quite significant earth tremor just occurred on the Mornington Peninsula.
(2 significant house movements + floor shaking. In fact I held the table for stability.)
I am in Dromana on the hillside of Arthurs Seat.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 21, 2021

My daughter lives in the Riverina, Temora southern NSW...She is saying people in her area felt it too...even though she did not...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 21, 2021

According to the Temora Community on Facebook, the tremor was felt right from NSW central coast to Melbourne...https://t.co/W2vjT1hOYp

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 21, 2021

Earth tremor Chapel Street South Yarra #tremor #melbourne #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/CSNlgUPlmT

— Nella Horsburgh (@TriestinaNella) September 21, 2021

This morning's large #earthquake (up to 6 magnitude) has been felt in #Tasmania, #SA, #NSW and of course #Victoria. #Epicentre was in #Mansfield, NE of #Melbourne. No tsunami threat, but there are early damage reports from parts of Victoria. pic.twitter.com/8OAImejQkd

— Madre Swift Justice - Cave Dweller (@JayStill4) September 22, 2021

It is being said that this is the biggest earthquake in Melbourne for 100 years...

So strange that this happened right after Daniel Andrews' early morning 8:15am presser (tremor @8:45am) where he said that the construction industry has been locked down for 2 weeks because it has 350 cases across 150 sites = larger number of cases than in aged care...This was the only industry allowed to remain open during the pandemic...But now he said that the industry needs a 're-set' - which could easily be translated as a 'shake-up' (and Mother Nature obliged to stand by him?) 

I agree, thousands of tradies were saved from falling off scaffolding today. Bravo!

— Roland Gesthuizen (@rgesthuizen) September 22, 2021

Further interesting scenario, a 6.3 earthquake occurred in Chile just hours beforehand...The earthquake impacted Chile and Argentina...https://t.co/0sd8TniujF

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

Some nervous humour is emerging out of all this...It's a coping mechanism in these crazy times...

No more horses of the apocalypse, please. Hope everyone OK. #earthquake

— Chief Health Officer, Victoria (@VictorianCHO) September 22, 2021

I think they accidentally summoned them when they sang Horses on the Westgate bridge yesterday...

— 🕯Jessy Vee🕯 (@vaxwell) September 22, 2021

How nice to forget about pressers and COVID! For a few seconds...

— fpvlfc (@fpvlfc) September 22, 2021

Well it helped me forget about the global pandemic for the first time in almost 2 years 😂

— Ange (@angi_grace) September 22, 2021

My sons friend (15) was getting his first dose as it happened!

— Paul B (@PaulBuc98617840) September 22, 2021

Victoria, the place to be. Who needs a TV 😆

— Dan®💉💉 (@Tills9) September 22, 2021

It's a slap in the face if WA doesn't open up to the national earthquake

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 22, 2021

UPDATE:

Here's the latest from Geoscience Australia:
- Initial #earthquake: magnitude 5.8 (downgraded from 6.0) at a depth of 10km at 9:15am
- Aftershock: magnitude 4.0 at a depth of 12km at 9:33am
- Aftershock: magnitude 3.1 at a depth of 6km at 9:54am

— Chelsea Hetherington (@chelsea_hetho) September 22, 2021

DONE...I felt it was the right thing to do for research purposes. I still can't believe the strong shaking of walls and floor vibrations I felt TWICE (one wave after the other, seconds apart) here in Dromana...Yet nothing fell from shelves...Totally weird...

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

When the police said they were deploying 'different tactics' in response to the Melbourne protests, firing up the earthquake machine was not something I had on the pick list. #earthquake #Melbourneearthquake

— Peter Clarke (@Renegadecrafts) September 21, 2021

Update: Today's earthquake in VIC has been updated to North of Rawson, VIC .

— Geoscience Australia (@GeoscienceAus) September 22, 2021

Ok. I’m done. This storyline has just gotten ridiculous. I believed the bit about pandemics and ok, maybe the riots. But earthquakes? We need new writers for this show.

— Robyn (@robynbryant33) September 22, 2021

UPDATE: Friday 24th September, 2021

Here's a map showing reported and calculated shaking intensity as collated by submissions to @EarthquakesGA - More info at the event page: https://t.co/UcZK6v0dRy pic.twitter.com/OrlvkYIPOh

— Seismology Centre (@AusQuake) September 24, 2021

in the clouds...

Found this incredible cloud image photographed in Hopetoun, Western Australia...
📷 Jarvis Smallhttps://t.co/Ohde6zPFpR pic.twitter.com/SBP40w3I44

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 28, 2021

amazing hollow tree...

An amazing hollow tree...
Perhaps timeless secrets are ticked in there...
This park, in Western Australia, features karri trees... growing up to 90m tall... making them one of the world’s tallest hardwoods. https://t.co/QJK67g9rmE

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 16, 2021

ethereal misty morning...

I'll add this to my little gathering of magical morning skies...
Can't see them?
Ahhhh...That's because they are so close in the ethereal mist... https://t.co/L4O5nSzw0m

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 16, 2021

The Pinnacles...

Amazing shapes in Nambung National Park, Western Australia, 200km north of Perth...
These 3 almost look like the rough drafts for pyramids... https://t.co/18EYHQjtSg

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

Thorny Devil colours...

These images are spectacular...
I had no idea that the Thorny Devil exhibited more than blurry, 'dull earth' tones...
I was surprised to learn from Mr Google that this little character can live up to 20 years... https://t.co/YhEBN25oov

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 25, 2021

Windjana Gorge welcome tree

So much character in the twists and turns of this delightful tree...
Bandilngan (Windjana Gorge) in the Kimberleys, WA is a highly spiritual place to Bunuba people + the Wandjina are the powerful creation spirits that reside here.
Love the idea of a welcome tree... https://t.co/PO9GlZBNrE

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 18, 2021

Australian history still emerging...

I still firmly believe that there is so much Australian history we know nothing about...For too long, we chose not to know...the white person superiority syndrome + stereotypical beliefs...It's time to honour+respect that there may be so much more to the Australian story... https://t.co/98p0iQhwQj pic.twitter.com/ZuoGE5lDdc

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 17, 2021

largest gold rock specimen...

World's largest-known gold rock specimen, King Henry, is on display after being sold to the Perth Mint for $3 million.
King Henry was discovered on Father's Day 2018 about 500 metres below the surface at the Beta Hunt mine near Kambalda in WA goldfields.https://t.co/bXgoiZCnQc

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

Australia's special identity...

And such a sign gives Australia its own very special identity...
Beautiful... https://t.co/89lkyyv6aJ

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 29, 2021

Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. 

The 23,000-square-kilometre area is located approximately 800 kilometres north of Perth.

foods and cyclones...

Floods seem to be the disaster of the moment in Indonesia, East Timor (Timor Leste) + parts of Queensland...
And tropical cyclone Seroja (meaning lotus flower) is on the way to the northern regions of Western Australia...https://t.co/Sf4MUshIka https://t.co/Y8HM1BKj26 pic.twitter.com/sAJnztMHai

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 4, 2021

Nature's circles...

There is something about Nature's circles that inspires spiritual energy...
This one is so very beautiful... https://t.co/kJOEEXhM1r

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2021

Geraldton's shapely street tree...

Geraldton has secured the weird spot for the day on my timeline...
And it took a tree to do it...
I note this tree looks a little like the scrubby trees near Rye's beach (Mornington Peninsula)- all leaning low+ reaching to the sea...But they're generally small + this one is BIG! https://t.co/iswchwu3nx

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 30, 2021

Edith Cowan - first female MP...

Not many Australians would know this MP's name/achievement...
Edith Cowan University, WA, = first university in Australia to be named after a woman. Edith Cowan University’s Creative Industries, Business and Technology Campus (vertical) is to be built in Perth+completed 2025. https://t.co/eRBXlRX8eJ pic.twitter.com/VOrMtJxEFa

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 16, 2021

pink lakes...

The pink lakes near Cranbrook, Western Australia from the air.
📷: Sherwin Gozon Instagram @flyingitchyfeethttps://t.co/pEjBiuyRJd pic.twitter.com/MxE8lfNmLI

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