Kakadu Wetlands is home to three million waterbirds
From May to October it houses the comb-crested jacana
Jabirk, egrets and brolga also take their respite here
Macquarie Marshes are used by the Wayilwan people.
They use the Macquarie for burial grounds and ceremonies.
Interconnecting lagoons and channels of Mareeba are bird-friendly.
They give sanctuary to the Australian pelican and crested tern.
Also the threatened home-southern bell frog. Wetlands rule!
I am going to miss you
That distant mirage
In the simmering heat
That clash
With indentured
Culture
And beat
An out of step
Brolga
In a mating
Meet
I just want to thank you
For your
Endless summer
I never had to ask myself
How many were left
Only
How many beaches
Left
To explore
I appreciate
All you did for me
Like the comfort
Of a northern breeze
And
Know now
The debt
To which
I can not
Repay
Yet
Shared memories
Will break me
Into a smile
Just remember
Just remember
I respected you
My love
In all
Your natural beauty
And guises