Recorded on the southern hemisphere spring equinox
Platypus Bay, K'gari, Australia
Humpback whale songs are passed down over generations and evolve in a similar fashion to the verbally transmitted tribal lore of Australian Aboriginal culture from where the term Songlines is derived.
We dedicate these recordings to Uncle Lewis Walker, Aboriginal elder of the Wahrlabal tribe of the Bundjalung nation of Byron Bay. Uncle Lewis is a Keeper of the Ancient Songlines of the Whales.
We honour the Ancestor Spirits of Bundjalung Country. We honour Uncle Lewis's Dreaming Lineage and we honour Uncle Lewis's innate understanding of the relationship between the water, the whales, the Earth and humanity. Uncle Lewis reminds us that all Earth's creatures are our brothers and sisters.
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