Parra’dowee season – NE NSW Central East Coast

The D’harawal people from the North Eastern NSW Central East Coast recognise six seasons. These seasons roughly correspond to the following Western calendar months:

Time of Burran – Gadalung Marool (hot and dry) – January to March; Time of Marrai’gang – Bana’murrai’yung (wet becoming cooler) – April to May; Time of Burrugin – Tugarah Tuli (cold, frosty, short days) – June to July; Time of Wiritjiribin – Tugarah Gunya’marri (cold and windy) – August; Time of Ngoonungi – Murrai’yunggory (cool, getting warmer) – September to October; Time of Parra’dowee – Goray’murrai (warm and wet) – November to December.

Source: Bureau of Meteorology website – http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/dharawal/index.shtml