Welcome back Visitor! Take in that amazing fall view of the Northshore and set your sights for spring. We're hiking to south east Australia to learn about Tiddalik the Frog and the Bunyip that comes from Australia's First Nations Peoples. Hopefully you don't have anywhere to be but if you do, you won't be gone long. What may seem like an overnight camping trip will only take an hour in the real world so you'll be back in time before you know it!

Stick to the trail and don't feed the wildlife (no matter how cute they look!)

Today's Lunchbreak is a flash fiction piece called "Amiga Park's Marvel" by Karen Pierce Gonzalez. Find her on twitter @folkheartpress.

To learn more about the impact of climate change and how it affects bushfires in Australia and to help in the recovery effort, please visit the official website of Australia's World Wildlife Fund at wwf.or.au. You can also find a list of other recovery projects at globalgiving.org/austrailian-wildfires-releif

Sources cited:

“Bringing Indigenous Fire Back to Northern Australia.” The Nature Conservancy, 5 Nov. 2021,https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/asia-pacific/australia/stories-in-australia/bringing-indigenous-fire-back-to-northern-australia/#:~:text=Aboriginal%20people%20arrived%20in%20Australia,the%20land%2C%20and%20regenerate%20vegetation.

Brown, Susan. “Beware the Bunyip.” World Book, 18 Dec. 2020, https://www.worldbook.com.au/bunyip/.

“Children's Week.” Museums Victoria, https://museumsvictoria.com.au/childrens-week/.

“Dreamtime Stories.” Www.kullillaart.com.au, https://www.kullillaart.com.au/dreamtime-stories/.

Dungey, Grace. “As Australia Faces New Fire Reality, Forest Restoration Tactics Reevaluated.” Mongabay Environmental News, 15 Mar. 2022, https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/as-australia-faces-new-fire-reality-forest-restoration-tactics-reevaluated/.

Gabbert, Author Bill. “The Story of Australia's Million-Hectare Fire.” Wildfire Today, 27 July 2020, https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/07/27/the-story-of-australias-million-hectare-fire/.

“Mutating Myths: AMNH.” American Museum of Natural History, https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/mutating-myths.

“Terminology Guide.” Narragunnawali, https://www.narragunnawali.org.au/about/terminology-guide.