The Land
From an ancient corner of the world.
Sunset from the top of the ranges
This is where it falls.
Our farm is called Koongara. It lies in the Great Southern of Western Australia, with the Stirling Ranges along the eastern horizon.
This is old country. Ancient ranges, forest, farmland and enormous skies, a long way from anywhere, where the seasons still arrive with the rain.
Look closer
How do mountains shape the rain?
When moist air off the Southern Ocean meets the ranges it is pushed upward, cools and turns to cloud. The peaks often wear their own weather while the plains around them are clear.
An older name
To Noongar people the ranges are Koi Kyenunu-ruff, often translated as “mist rolling around the mountains”. Anyone who has watched cloud pour over the peaks knows why.
Morning mist below the ranges, from the farm
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