Iuk Koolaye-Jumbunna (Eel Harvest & Inter clan business season)
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Mid-February to mid-MarchMarked by the Flowering of Swamp Gums (Eucalyptus ovata) and Christmas Bush (Coranderrk). Also, the departure of migratory birds such as the Orange Bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) and the White Winged Triller (Lalage sueurii)
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Iuk – eel
Mature thirty-year-old eels migrating down river on their way to their spawning ground in the Great Barrier Reef
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Jumbunna – talk together
Kangaroo and possum stocks were high and so culled for the expected visitors from other clans
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The symbol is of eels
Canopus (Lo-an-tukka), the second brightest star in the sky is seen at its highest position at due south
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It was a good time for travel as the heat had eased
