Why do you dance in the wind and rain? Flap your wings and then you stop. (From “Lucy Locket.”) Source:The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld.), 10 January 1948, p. 6. Editor’s notes: brolga = a species of Australian crane (Grus rubicunda), noted for …

The Dance of the Brolga - the Australian Crane. Silver- Grey plumage with naked red patches on their heads and cheeks. Aboriginal legend says that this bird was once a young girl Brolgah, who was always dancing. by black magic she was changed into a bird.

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This is a beautifull sight to witness - the Dance of the Brolga, such an elegant bird. Your poem likens the dance to a relationship between two people, and the dance evokes memories, some painful it seems.

But millad mother Country is brolga Us mob Traditional Owner of dat one Dey men business an very important Dem brolga eat da grasses an grasshoppers An sing a squawking funny song ... POETRY IN UNUSUAL AND USEFUL WAYS Australian Government . …

Existentialism is but a lonely and isolated way of looking at life and might be better suited for Western thinking in its vague and dubious search for answers to living unlike the Eastern which seeks to live in harmony with the self and the universe.

Oct 6, 2008 · One day, Dinewan the emu and Brolga the beautiful dancing bird, were out on a large plain arguing and fighting. Brolga got so angry that she ran over to Dinewan's nest and grabbed one of her large eggs and threw it up into the sky with all her might.

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Feb 20, 2025 · Brolga . Standing tall. regal in silver-grey. wings outstretched. to embrace the sky. Brolga and his mate. perform a joyful pas-de-deux. leaping, pausing. twirling, trumpeting. weaving a spell. dance gracefully. to and fro… age-old routine. ballet in …

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