The name “didgeridoo” was not invented by the Aboriginal people. It came from the white settlers who, when they first heard the instrument played found the sound strange and baffling. They chose a name to match as closely as possible its remarkable sound… and this resulted in “didgeridoo”! Is aRead More →
Uluru/Ayers Rock, giant monolith, one of the tors (isolated masses of weathered rock) in southwestern Northern Territory, central Australia. … It is the world’s largest monolith. Is Uluru bigger than Eiffel Tower? Uluru rises 348 metres above the surrounding plain. That’s higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the ChryslerRead More →
Kangaroos use their muscular tail to support, propel and power their pentapedal gait just like a leg.” Figure 1: Pentapedal locomotion in the red kangaroo. How the echidna got its spikes Aboriginal dreamtime story? One day Wanja was so lazy he decided instead of hunting for food he would stealRead More →
A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aboriginals, where people interact with the Dreamtime through music, costume, and dance. It is sacred to them and people from outside the community are not permitted to partake or observe the event. What is special about a Corroboree? A Corroboree is aRead More →
A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aboriginals, where people interact with the Dreamtime through music, costume, and dance. It is sacred to them and people from outside the community are not permitted to partake or observe the event. What is special about a Corroboree? A Corroboree is aRead More →
is that duckbill is the duck-billed platypus while platypus is an egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside ofRead More →
is that duckbill is the duck-billed platypus while platypus is an egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside ofRead More →