Birak (December - January) The Noongar Season ‘Birak’ is represented by the colour red as it symbolises heat, sun and fire. During Birak season the rain eases and the warm weather really starts to take hold.

Dec 2, 2024 · Birak is also known as the “Season of the Young” and symbolizing heat, the sun and Karla/fire. Birak is a time of celebration when Noongar people would gather together as they moved towards the coast where the ocean provided plenty of fresh food.

The Southwest showcases spectacular colours from the sky in pinks, oranges, yellows and reds as the sun rises and the sun sets in the Season of Birak. Birak Season is all about landcare and preparation for new growth.

Dec 4, 2023 · Also known as the ‘Season of the Young’, and symbolizing heat, the sun, and Karla (fire), Birak is a time of celebration when Noongar people would gather together as they moved towards the coast where the ocean provided plenty of fresh food.

In Perth (Boorloo), the season of Birak is ushered in on a warm, salty breeze, sweeping aside the last of the cooler days. Also known as ‘first summer,’ Birak usually coincides with December and January, but in Noongar culture it is nature, rather than a …

Feb 10, 2023 · Birak is known as the first summer (with Bunuru being the second) and typically occurs from December to January. The rain begins to ease, it gets dry and hot and traditionally was time to conduct burns in a mosaic pattern.

Birak - First summer (season of the young) December - January. Birak season sees the rains ease up and the warm weather really start to take hold. The afternoons are cooled by the sea breezes that abound from the southwest. This was the fire season, a time to burn the country in mosaic patterns.

It is the Noongar season of Birak, the season of the young. This is usually accompanied by the easing of rain, warm weather and afternoons that are cooled by sea breezes. As that fire rating sign creeps up, it reminds us that Birak is traditionally the karl (fire) season for …

As we approach summer, we enter Birak, the ‘Season of the Young’. Birak marked a time of transformation and crucial land management practices, like controlled burns which helped care for the land and ensured its health.

Nov 11, 2023 · In the Noongar calendar, the months of December and January bring the season of Birak. Mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, but Western Australia’s Noongar Aboriginal people live by six seasons.