creative Australian farmers...

Australian farmers get creative this Christmas with farm gate decorations...
For many, it's all about recycling with a dash of Christmas cheer... https://t.co/Pl8d5qdFyK

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 20, 2021

tune in to country...

Learn from country and those who tune in to country...
It's the only way to work harmoniously with Nature beyond the popular politics and national economics...
(Just learnt that telemetry involves irrigation and meteorological parameters)... https://t.co/xhxO6aVC9O

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) November 6, 2021

More details on the wonder of Mt Riddock Station
Episode 106. Steve Cadzow - Doing things different at Mt. Riddock https://t.co/tC2912G9ig

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) November 6, 2021

real-life living on the land...

The real-life of living on the land is beyond a romantic dream...
It can be a very dark place...
A dark reality...
And it need not be...
If only there was a little political empathy...and action... https://t.co/Mnl9ZQITtl

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

farm life detour...

PASSING THOUGHT: My friend has retired from teaching-other than the occasional casual work pre-lockdown. Now she nourishes my remote, 'murky' teaching days with tales of her farm life. She has sheep+today witnessed the birth of a lamb. She's my great detour from weary students... pic.twitter.com/JKgS9Lbp6t

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

friend's Pearcedale farm...

Loved some time at a friend's Pearcedale farm yesterday...
Walked around amazed at all the work she and her husband had done, trying to bring back a long-neglected farm and nursery...(So many rabbit holes)...Still a great deal to do - including a new house...
But they're happy... pic.twitter.com/cO8e5sSZp4

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 9, 2021

Nursery remnants are everywhere...mostly near old sheds...
My friend is planning on cultivating bordered, pocket gardens of them + giving an 'arty uplift' to the sheds... pic.twitter.com/sAB3n3STUf

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 9, 2021

young one's collection hobby...

Amazing collection hobby for a young one...
I wonder what he will grow up to be... https://t.co/E6yE0eZPBX

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 9, 2021

seaweed farm...

Learnt something new! 😊
Australia - Sea Health Products founders, Jo and Warren collect, process+dry kelp from NSW Sapphire Coast waters. They hope to build a seaweed farming industry in Australia.https://t.co/efex3mpfpa
In Victoria, harvesting is not allowed in marine parks... https://t.co/C6AH7IQonO

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

King Island in Bass Strait, just north of Tasmania has a kelp industry. But only kelp that has been dislodged and deposited on rocks and beaches is collected. By December 2018, there were 31 kelp-getters on King Island...https://t.co/V1jkje7BQx

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 9, 2021

little girl and a horse...

PASSING THOUGHT: Late Friday afternoon- relieved+ exhausted as usual...Driving home in a rather numb state, then saw a little girl+her Mum by a farm fence near the roadside...Little girl called a horse...The horse wandered over+bowed his head close to her...I drove on smiling...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 7, 2021

organic rooftop farm...

Paris Is Building the World's Largest Organic Rooftop Farm - approximately the size of 3 football fields...
Incredible...https://t.co/mkq1MlTMvV #globalcitizen

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

native bushfoods and positive outcomes...

This idea has so many positive outcomes...
- awareness of native bushfoods
- increased value and use of native bushfoods
- possible means of reaching troubled youth - giving an opportunity to experience self-worth https://t.co/Tkje9mbZ7G pic.twitter.com/clW33DIGJk

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

barn mural...

Not a silo nor a water tank, but a barn mural...
Such a cool sight in the middle of the Torrumbarry countryside...
The Plains Wanderer is a critically endangered, ground-dwelling bird + found only in the arid grasslands of south-eastern Australia.
About 250 to 1,000 left. https://t.co/Uab3UPr1Dh

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

rural relics...

There is something about lone, rural relics that inspire stories which may have been... https://t.co/FhtVmirxdM

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 12, 2021

farm dog Cat + pigs...

Here's s.thing to wrap your head around...
There's a farm dog called Cat who's started using the pigs as steps+places to sit.
She likes to eat, walk+nap with them.
Now she's started jumping on them.
Luckily Wilma's very tolerant.
- Kindly Animal Sanctuaryhttps://t.co/BVJybsgWvK pic.twitter.com/A250wsxrpk

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 2, 2021

In actual fact, Cat's full name is 'Caterpillar'....due to her extraordinary crawling ability.
Here she is with siblings, October 2020.
(Cat is the smallest one)...https://t.co/Xw7Xgc1IT6 pic.twitter.com/yvkEGtTuql

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 2, 2021

beauty of the jacaranda...

If you seek the meaning of life, the purpose of life, here it is in its natural, free to all glory...All Mother Nature asks in return is to be valued, appreciated, protected...And therein lies our purpose, our meaning... https://t.co/HFUJeq6JAK

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 25, 2020

indigenous farming...

This is simply amazing...The incredible possibility of perennial crops... saving the loss of topsoil. Kangaroo grass has massive root systems to hold the soil and draw up water. Even in dry areas, seasonal rain is enough. The advantages are endless. Consider indigenous farming. https://t.co/M3IgPz6h0E

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 22, 2020

Podcast - includes podcast transcript + slides + further links

spring house...

Checked meaning of a spring house... A small building over a spring + an older method of refrigeration. It kept milk, eggs and produce cool throughout the year, + kept produce safe from animals. Cream for butter making was kept cool and sweet in the spring house water. https://t.co/IuMeRV6R56

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 9, 2020

Kiribati farm workers...

This is great. Farmworkers from Kiribati break out in song at a suede farm in Tasmania. https://t.co/yxVwJQhVMC

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 1, 2020

peace patterns...

peace patterns
nurtured earth
some golds and
a touch of wings in
whipped cream skies #tanka https://t.co/5BVDvyZFak

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 22, 2020

rural letterbox...

Letterbox rural style...Dalby Queensland...https://t.co/KCAvi8YPeQ pic.twitter.com/lCEXWjR9KX

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 22, 2020

life on the land...

life on the land
where infinite cash is
a pointless luxury#haikuchallenge cash #haiku

Image Source: https://t.co/wlPp5P91AE pic.twitter.com/goL7qvmlTo

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 27, 2020