Kuranda Bimble
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 24 Jun 2016 22:27
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Kuranda Bimble  We left Kuranda Station and began
to walk toward the village.  We climbed some stairs and popped out at the Kuranda Hotel.   A delightful ornament on the flat
roof and a picture of the hotel taken in
1928.  The town map. Gula Bulmba Ngunbay: This place is Ngunbay,
the Place of the Platypus. Bama Djabuganydji Gulun – Nyina ymu gudjam galgarr /
Djabuganydji People have lived here from long ago. Wabarr-a gali-ya, minya-wu waygal-a-galiya, ma-wu
waygayiya / Going hunting for meat, going looking for bush food, dancing
corroborees. Djundaya, bulurru bandjirriya, gulu nganydjin bulumba /
Following the law, the story, this is our country. Nganydjin Gurra – Gurra gulu yaluguguli yaluguli, wuru-la,
bagarra-la / Our Ancestors are here today, in the rivers, in the forest.
Bunda; Djin,gal-nda / in the mountains and in the
sky. 1876 - first European activity 1885 – land selection took place 1888 – the village was surveyed and named Kuranda.
The meeting of two cultures was not always smooth, it was
often a hard, harsh and dangerous time for both traditional owners and the new
settlers. 1891 – Kuranda Railway Line was
completed. 1988 – Wet Tropics Area, World Heritage listing on the 9th of
December. Whether you know it as Ngunbay (pronounced Noon-bi) or
Kuranda, we who know it as home, welcome you to our paradise.
  A rather splendid bench made from train
bits, the next one Bear
posed.   A lone hibiscus on a strangler fig.
An ant on a bin brought out the trigger
finger.  Not a common sight walking down
Plymouth High Street.      The very quaint St Saviour’s Church
built in 1915.  Halfway down the high street a magnificent
tree.  A happy menu choice on a cafe
wall.  We bimbled in some grockle shops and then the big covered market, complete with Scottish
stall.   Next, we did the Jungle
Walk.  Pity about the fencing, but Katy
Kookaburra was keen to pose.    Golden pendas, a cassowary – only a mother could love that face and a Cairns birdwing butterfly.   A northern schelhammera and a Ulysses butterfly.  Back on the high street bimbling the other way we passed a unique Aboriginal shop.   We had a wonderful
time in Bob’s shop with lovely Sandra and the
adorable Chester.   Bear really fancied a red gidgee wood
vase, this is the one he chose which stands nine inches but weighs an
amazing kilo and a half. The gidgee
tree.  Water feature. Having spent a very
pleasant time in the village it was time to head back to the station, this time
to the Skyrail. ALL IN ALL A HAPPY VISIT
INTERESTING MOUNTAIN
VILLAGE |