Debbie’s One Word Sunday
Tag: #ows
Monumental Wollumbin
On the North Coast of New South Wales stands a monumental mountain which has two names, the aboriginal name, Wollumbin and Mount Warning given that name by Captain Cook in 1770 when he was exploring the coastline of Australia. It is a marker for sailors
“…We now saw the breakers [reefs] again within us which we past at the distance of 1 League [5 km], they lay in the Lat de of 38°..8′ [later changed to 28°..8′] & stretch off East two Leagues [10 km] from a point under which is a small Island. There situation may always be found by the peaked mountain before mentioned which bears SWBW from them this and on this account I have named Mount Warning it lies 7 or 8 Leagues [35-40 km] inland in the latitude of 28°..22” S° the land is high and hilly about it but it is conspicuous enough to be distinguished from everything else.[4] The point off which these shoals lay I have named Point Danger to the northward of it the land which is low trends NWBN but we soon found that it did not keep that direction long before it turned again to the northward.”[4]
For the aboriginal people of the region, the Bundjalung people, Wollumbin is a place of cultural and traditional significance.There are many sacred sites where ceremonies and initiation rites were held. Like Uluru in the Northern Territory, Wollumbin is a sacred place and should not be climbed. There are many interpretations of what Wollumbin and the mountain mean. A common tale is that it means Cloud Catcher as quite often there is cloud surrounding the top of the mountain. Others meanings could be Big Fellow Mountain and the Warrior Chief
Getting photos on a clear day is rare but you also can get the layers of the Australian bush which gives of a blue hue due to the vapours from the Eucalypt trees.
Ragtag Saturday: Marker
Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Monumental
Terri’s Sunday Stills: Layers
Reference: Wikipedia
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Window
The word prompt from Debbie at Travel With Intent: Window
I went looking for some window photo that I haven’t posted before and I did get carried away when I went looking in my Europe folders. I know the idea was window but….I’m sorry Debbie just a few from around the Europe.
Bologna
Burano
Dijon
Paris
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Cross
Profile
Fly
The word prompt for Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Fly
We look at the word fly
What do we see
Of course I see a fly
Sitting on my arm
Ready to bite
Or is it
A spider and a fly
caught in the web
Buzzing, thrashing
Awaiting the inevitable
Or perhaps a butterfly
Sitting upon a leaf
Resting after a long flight
Showing it’s splendor
Enjoying the Sun
Maybe a Dragonfly
Looking about
Watching the camera
To ensure a capture
Of its good side
But it is always
a Fly that keeps
Coming back to the thoughts
When Fly is mentioned
Some doing laps of a jug
But Butterfly is the best
Resplendent in colour
As it sits atop a flower
Drinking the nectare
In The morning sun
But no
It is always a fly
A large horsefly
Buzzing around waiting
To find a place to bite
Who could dislike
Those splendid features
Eyes that can see
In multiple facets
A proboscis ready to draw blood
But some may venture
Further afield
And wish to fly
To be aloft
ready to explore
I seem to think of birds
There are many a bird
Who will invoke the fly
A Leaden Flycatcher
Will make you think Fly
Soaring above
The sky it’s domain
A Square-tailed Kite
Showing us the wonder
Of being able to fly
But for most of us
When we see the word
Fly
It is mostly the humble
Little creature – The Fly
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Changes
Debbies One Word Sunday Photo Challenge: Change
The Agave in my garden flowers every Winter. The flower spear appears and over a few weeks changes
The bees enjoy the flowers too
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Climb
The One Word Sunday Photo Challenge from Debbie: Climb
Once you find the stairs
You have to climb just to see what you can see
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Perspective
Size
Here is Debbies One Word Sunday: Size
Some of the things I have been contemplating on contributing for OWS perhaps can also be some of my Favourite Things as Patti from Ragtag asked.
Perhaps some of the small things in my world should be a start. The feature photo is a Scarlet Honeyeater, the smallest honeyeater and a red jewel that flashes through my garden and the forest.
I love having Stingless Native Bees in my garden
and of course Blue-banded Bees scrunching into flowers
All of the tiny native flowers that abound on my place
I have to include some big things too. Kookaburras are always hunting in the garden and waking me with their morning song
Overhead one of the Square-tailed Kite family soars 
While in the garden, a Red-necked Wallaby snacks on the Honey Gem Grevillea 
The trees of the forest that surround are the big
Now a warning for those who have a thing about spiders – there is one in the next image
Isn’t she a beauty. She lived in my laundry for a Summer and then came into the lounge and dining rooms for Winter last year. I think she became bored of my company and headed outside.
