Djinda, Djinda, Kanangoor: Star, Star, Shining

Day 44, Yellow Stars, Monday, 7 December 2020, a plant a day from Lowlands Coastal Reserve

Yellow stars in Lowlands Coastal Reserve, 5 December 2020

So I chose Yellow Stars as my plant of the day from Lowlands Reserve. They are twinkling in the bush beside the Bibbulmun track a couple of kilometres west of Tennessee South Road, in beautiful Lowlands Coastal Reserve.

This morning we went to Lake Sadie Road, very close to Lowlands Coastal Reserve, to join together with around 60 other locals with our community concerns about the proposed road widening requested by the lime pit developer. Trees which the lime pit developer wishes to fell have been marked with blue crosses. One of the trees has two raptor nests, and others have old hollows for black cockatoos and possums.

Lake Sadie Road, this tree has been labelled with a blue cross, even though it contains 2 raptor nests, proposed road widening would destroy the tree and the raptors homes

A sobering occcasion, but the scheduled work did not commence today, a Department of Water inspector arrived, and a newspaper reporter and photographer also attended.

This Red-winged Fairy-wren defending his home, was photographed by the brilliant Jan Baldwin at Lake Sadie today.

Red-winged Fairy-wren defending his home at Lake Saide, Jan Baldwin’s photograph https://www.instagram.com/p/CIj_Ui6AKd_/

Looking around, I was happy to notice the Yellow Stars on the verges of Lake Sadie Road, sparkling and twinkling regardless. This plant has a signature tune for me , twinkle twinkle, sung in Noongar by the amazing Gina Williams, “Djinda, Djinda, Kanangoor…” go to link at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIl12Fiuto. Lovely video too

Yellow Stars on the verge of Lake Sadie Road, part of the site of the proposed widening

I’m not sure whether Lowlands Yellow stars are Tricoryne or Pauridia. I think they are Tricoryne elatior. Pauridia have had a recent scientific name change from Hypoxis to Pauridia , following DNA evidence. Yellow stars can be 4 petalled, 5 petalled and 6 petalled.

Diagram showing how the flowers formerly known as Hypoxis glabella & occidentalis (shaded grey) , are actually genetically more closely aligned to the Pauridia clade

So , I’ll sign off now singing “Djinda, djinda, kanangoor…” .

Wonderful news! Gina Williams “Djinda Djinda” music video wins

Best Indigenous Video

Djinda Djinda - The 2020 ATOM Awards

Still from Gina Williams Djinda , Djinda video

https://www.facebook.com/canwa/videos/1084685898648508

You can sign the petition to save the nullaki here https://www.change.org/p/the-wa-state-government-save-the-nullaki-too-beautiful-to-mine

More info at https://www.facebook.com/savethenullaki/?ref=page_internal

Lowlands Coastal Reserve is on Menang Boodja — country. I celebrate the strength, resilience and capacity of the Menang Noongar people who are the traditional owners of the land.

Lowlands Coastal Reserve is managed by the local community and the City of Albany.

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