The Noongar Seasons

 The Noongar Seasonal Wheel

“Each season has a plant indicator that flowers in advance of each change. Plants, animals and weather patterns coincide with each season, which runs for the duration of every second full moon. This determines where to forage, gather, hunt and camp.”
— Josh Whiteland

The Noongar people had an inextricable tie to their environment and therefore their food.

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There is a colour wheel holding each of the six seasons. There are profiles for each on our website, if you wish to learn more about them.

We work with each 8 week season within a CSA to provide healthy, local and farmer supportive produce, while discovering what each of the seasons means for us and who grows our food.

We aim to use the Noongar Seasons as a bridge between us, residing in a modern world, and our greater environment; Respecting our inner and outer worlds.

 These are Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and Kambarang. Each of the six seasons represents and explains the seasonal changes we see annually. The flowering of many different plants, the hibernation of reptiles and the moulting of swans are all helpful indicators that the seasons are changing.

The Nyoongar seasons can be long or short and are indicated by what is happening and changing around us rather than by dates on a calendar. Aligning Nyoongar seasons with Western calendar months can provide an overview of a typical year.

This six season calendar is extremely important to Nyoongar people, as it is a guide to what nature is doing at every stage of the year, as well as understanding respect for the land in relation to plant and animal fertility cycles and land and animal preservation.

Seasons In Focus