Come take a walk with me back home to my Country, Worimi and Biripi Country. This is a photo blog of my time back home walking on coastal lands of Crowdy Bay, Forster and Seal Rocks on the mid north coast. Gathay nyiirun - Let us go together

 Collecting Coastal reeds at Crowdy Bay, Biripi Country. 

It was so relaxing beneath paperbark trees harvesting reeds, it felt like coming home. The summer crickets were out singing loud and proud, it feels like summer when I hear them, they feel like home. I can't wait to weave these pieces of Country together. 

Connecting with 300 plus year old paper bark trees, Worimi Country. In this moment I thought about all the stories they could tell, the yarns they heard with roots connected at a time my Ancestors walked this land. Trees connects us to the past and the future. 

Family time swimming at Forster with my sister Jasmine and my nieces Darlene and Akiva. 

The ocean heals me, it brings peace and rejuvenation. I spent moments reflecting and connecting here, Seals Rocks. Sometimes in these moments I think about what we have lost, I think about when those ships came and began the invasion of our lands and the intergenerational impacts on our people. How is it that we continue to welcome those to Country, yet we still don't have proper land ownership? I also think about what our people have gained and advocated for and how much further we have to go. I've been thinking a lot about the concept of hope, we have always been instructed to hang on some thread of hope leading us to no where's man. Chelsea Watgeo articulates this beautifully in her book, "Another Day in the Colony" - do yourself a favour and add this one to your reading list. 

A ufo? Nah my partner Kimiah had just powered up the drone. We captured some beautiful imagery of tidal Country from an eagle eyes view, Mitchells Island. 

I stalked these gorgeous soldier crabs, thousands of them! Did you know that these critters are ruled by the tide. When the tide was down they danced over the sand in waves and burrowed their entire bodies into wet sand when feeling threatened. They sure know how to make a quick get away! 

 They also spend most of their time buried in sand, I felt so lucky to see them that afternoon as the sun was going down. I might paint these guys sometime in the future to capture this special moment on Country. 

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marrungbu - thankyou 

Krystal x