It was unbelievable!
It was remarkable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlmost immediately, children were in Derbarl Yerrigan. It never seems to take long. Splashing, jumping, skipping, scooping, playing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then, Djenark arrives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She comes flying by and lands on the beach. Watching and waiting. And then, there is another Djenark, and another, and another, and another. Never before have there been this many Djenark! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was amazing!
It was unbelievable!
It was remarkable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nWithin seconds, they were gone.
Where did Djenark go?
And then three came back.
Kwarh! Kwarh! Kwarh! Kwarh! <\/p>\n\n\n\nFor months we have been walking to Derbarl Yerrigan and having close encounters with Maali and Djenark, and today, there they were. It was definitely going to be an amazing, unbelievable, and remarkable day. Or was it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although there was so much going on, our notebooks were relatively empty. No jottings, no scribbles, today was un\/remarkable in so many ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe there is something about today\u2019s walk that is showing us how routine and our familiarity of this particular beach is indicative of children\u2019s inextricable relations with water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat if our regular visiting of this spot has made it possible for Maali and Djenark to come \u2018closer\u2019 to us than usual on this walk? We didn\u2019t flit around from spot to spot. Instead, we engaged in familiar activities at this particular place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maali, Djenark, and children were underwhelmed about things we<\/strong> were very excited about on this walk. We thought the closeness between Maali and Djenark and us was amazing, unbelievable, and remarkable. Maybe these un\/remarkable encounters are showing us naturecultures, as opposed to nature hyphen culture. Maybe there is much for us to learn about these un\/remarkable natureculture encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nMaali seemed to be comfortable with us there and the children seemed to be comfortable with Maali there too. There wasn\u2019t anything spectacular about this encounter today. Maybe this is just how it is? Maybe sharing water\/beach\/air\/wind\/rain with one another is naturecultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why was Maali\u2019s proximity \u201camazing\u201d, \u201cunbelievable\u201d, or \u201cremarkable\u201d? Maybe today\u2019s encounter shows us that living well<\/strong> with each other, involves being with<\/strong> each other while carrying out regular everyday routines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We would like to acknowledge that this walk takes place on and with Noongar Country, in what is also now known as Perth, Western Australia, and with Derbarl Yerrigan, in what is also now known as the Swan River. Walking towards the sandy and shelly beach, the beach that we always walk to, the beach where … <\/p>\n