Author Archive: sallyforth-sojourner

A sojourner of no fix abode. (Psalms 119:19 I am a sojourner in the earth.) Having travel from a very early age I have come to enjoy the adventure of seeing new lands and meeting interesting people. I have learnt much from these travels and made many lasting friendships. I pray that my latter days will be of significance, assisting where I can and offering my skills and talents where needed.

Birak Season

Birak is the Nyoongar season or summer.  The warmer weather is taking hold and the rains easing.  Hot easterly winds come in off the inland desert with the sea-cooled breezes from the southwest coming across in the afternoons – in…
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Kambarang

Kambarang is the Nyoongar (local indigenous people) second spring from October-November.  Nyoongar calendar includes six seasons.  Kambarang is known as a season of birth, a time of the year when the countryside is transformed with an abundance of coloured flowers…
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Newman

My first morning in Newman I woke just before dawn, waiting for enough light to go jogging. My hostess, Janice had said there was an exercise track just down the road from her place, which I was eager to check…
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