![]() Yawuru Calendar Approximately 50km north of Broome, showing six seasons |
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January February March | April | May | June July August | September | October November | December |
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Mankala | Marul | Wirralburu | Barrgana | Wirlburu | Larja | Mankala |
Barrgana - cold period June to AugustCold days and nights. It is usually dry but winter rain can fall. Fog also occurs at this time particularly at the beginning and end of the season. The dry wind blows strongly from the southeast off the desert and can bring duststorms. There is lots of seafood and fish traps are used to catch the now fat salmon and mullet. Dugongs were also hunted. On the land, the possums, porcupine, wild cat, wallaby and kangaroo are all fat. Bunung and conkerberry are in fruit and there are many bush onion bulbs to eat. |
Bureau of Meteorology Temperature and Rainfall Graphs for this region Permission to use the Yawuru seasonal calendar is granted by "Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC ICN 7033". |