Miss Cherry Bomb

03/02/2026

Bunuru 'Season of the Adolescence' is fast approaching. This Noongar season (February–March), is a hot, dry time in Western Australia marked by the flowering of white gums like Marri and Jarrah. As the landscape dries, these trees become vital food sources, drawing in flocks of Black Cockatoos, particularly Ngolyenoks (Carnaby’s black cockatoos) and Karaks (Forest Red-tailed black cockatoos).

During Bunuru, black cockatoos are often seen across the Perth Hills, coastal regions, and suburban areas, feeding on nectar and seeds from Marri, Banksia and Jarrah trees. Research has shown that Ngolyenoks can even successfully raise chicks through the intense heat of a Bunuru summer, with some fledging as late as March — a powerful sign of their resilience. At the same time, these birds face mounting pressure from habitat loss and the ongoing shortage of nesting hollows, despite conservation efforts like artificial cockatubes.

Consider taking a simple action today to protect 13.55 hectares of Endangered Banksia Woodland and Critically Endangered Tuart Woodland in Hamersley. Email the Commonwealth EPBC and ask them to REJECT a proposal to clear this important patch along the Swan Coastal Plain... important habitat for Endangered Black Cockatoos and other wildlife that rely on this corridor for food, shelter, and safe movement.

3 EASY STEPS:
1/ Email: EPBC@emergeassociates.com.au
CC: Minister.watt@dcceew.gov.au

2/ Find submission template here: bit.ly/ErindaleRd-sub-temp
Copy and paste into body of email or write your own; and update with your own details: Name & address, date, signed name

3/ Hit SEND on your email, and then share this post with friends and family.

For more information and to check out the Friends of Erindale Road Bushland website go to: bit.ly/ErindaleRd-EPBC
Thank you for your support, and for being a voice for our black cockatoos.

Another way to be a voice, is to come along to the March in March. More details to follow but Save the date, 22 March 2026, 10am at Forrest Place.

Graphic courtesy of Red Cloud Design - earth healing



Urban Bushland Council WA Inc BirdLife Western Australia The Wilderness Society WA Conservation Council of WA WATCA - WA Tree Canopy Advocates Black Cockatoo Crisis Black Cockatoo Movement Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association Jarrahdale Forest Protectors Inc Dwellingup Discovery Forest South West Forest Defenders

02/02/2026

Full Moon

Tonight, light a candle.
Let a bowl of clear water reflect its light.
Release into it all your despair, and let its light kindle within you determination and hope.
We will get through this, together. We are being forged into the tools that will build a better world.

Today is the Festival of Brigid, Celtic Goddess of Smithcraft, Poetry and Healing. Here is some history of how our community celebrates her, and a poem for Brigid of the Forge.
https://starhawk.substack.com/p/the-blessings-of-brigid-be-upon-you

29/01/2026

The confusion and chaos, someone thought it was a water bottle that was thrown into the crowd, but reports came out with the Bomb word.
Why so much hate for others?
OM’s not BOMB’s
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We support calls by First Nations organisers for the racist attack at Boorloo Invasion Day to be investigated as an act of terrorism and a hate crime.

Read our full statement: https://www.hrlc.org.au/updates/condemn-racist-attack-invasion-day/

26/01/2026

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Standing in Solidarity with my Moort (Family)
Blessed to gather in the forests and along the Bilja’s (Rivers) to remember the wisdom of the elders and deeply listen to this Boodja (Country)
To gently walk in gratitude
To preserve the Songlines
To treat our First Nations People with the deepest of respect
Always was
Always will be

20/01/2026

03/01/2026

Permaculture electro-funk/swing for crushing the climate crisis and composting the Anthropocene, Formidable Vegetable are a fresh harvest of hope in a wild and overgrown world, with wheelbarrow-loads of tasty organic rad(ish) beets, brass & bass, soaring strings and swingin' uke planting seeds of resilience and active hope for a sound future.