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Carries the Songline of Guwali, the cormorant, and Ducobah, the lilly pilly.
Carries the Songline of Gawura, the whale, and Kaimeeagh, the Gymea lily.
Carries the Songline of Parra, the eel, and Kai'arrewan, the wattle.
The breeding of guwali (the cormorant) and the flowering of tacobah (the lily pily) are natural indicators that the warm weather is coming to an end and the cold weather is coming soon. It is time for the people to mend their animal skin cloaks and prepare for cold weather.
When Kaimeeagh (the gymea lily) begins to produce a flower it is a sign for the people to go to the coast and sing Gawura (the whales) in on their migration north to breed. When the flower of Kaimeeagh changes colour, turning brown, it is a sign for the people to return to the coast and sing Gawura in on its return migration south.
When Kai'arrewan (Myall wattle) begins to flower it is a sign that the weather is warming up and there will be heavy rains and flash floods. The flower also signifies that, Parra, (the eel) is beginning its migration out of the freshwater and into the saltwater, making its way to the Coral Sea to breed.