Wow! How time flies at Tamborine, it must be the farm fresh air and energy of the mountain! Whatever it is, we just felt compelled to say… WOW! How this lovely little part of the world has changed since we transformed this cow paddock into a premier visitor destination and local favourite for the locals!
We have been having a spring clean.. summer clean or you could call it a vigorous scrub of all things locked in cupboards around here at the Bearded Dragon. We found some cool information left by the Delfin Lend Lease crew after a conference in our ballroom! Not one to throw things away (hence the vigorous scrub happening), we decided to piece some of the puzzle of paperwork together.
So like secret squirrels, or bugle blowing bilbys we can share the inner workings of what happens at these inspirational conferences where some of the greatest business minds meet to discuss …….???
Bilbys…. what else, anyway hope you enjoy! And for all the newcomers just a hop, skip and a jump away from us here at Tamborine we welcome you to your new home :Yarrabilba This one is for you!
Yarrabilba:
2 Aboriginal words: Yarra & Bilba
Yarra has three different meanings for it: Hair. Speak. Tree ( Red River Gum but also applied to other tress)
Bilba is another name for bilby or macrotis Lagotis. A bilby is a marsupial that burrows, commonly only found in WA however at one time did cover most of Australia is the semi-arid regions.
The possible meaning to Yarrabilba is: A treed area where blbys used to live or A place of song
Bilba the Bilby
To this day Bilba’s tribe live in burrows in the sand. They still hear the voice of old Bilba s mate. For so angry was Mayra at Bilba s desire to see his face or leave him that he only howls and roars as he rushes past their camps. Never since has any of the tribes seen where he camps nor does Bilba the Bilby
Legend has it that Bilba the soft-furred sandhill rat was once a man and lived in a camp with his mate, Mayra, the wind, who was invisible. Bilba could hold conversations with Mayra but much as he wanted to, Bilba could never see his friend. Bilba pleaded with Mayra to become like him so that he could see him as Bilba longed to see someone again. If he could only see Mayra, he would not wish for a better mullaya [mate]. Mayra, despite
Bilba s pleas, was happy to stay as he was as Mayra could see Bilba – he was all right.
One day, after again pleading with his friend to make himself visible, Bilba decided not to go hunting with Mayra that day but he would stay in the camp. Mayra the wind then went off angrily without Bilba. Later that evening, Bilba suddenly heard a roaring in the distance such as he had never heard before.
Bilba quickly went up to the sand-ridge behind his camp and made a hole in the soft ground and buried himself in it until the windstorm had passed. Up came the wind tearing on to the ridge, whirling round the camp. On and on he went round
Bilba s hole; but he could not shift it, so howling with impotent rage as he went, Mayra passed on until his voice was only heard in the distance and at length, not at all. After a time, Bilba came out. He had been so safe and warm in his hole in the sand that he lived there ever afterwards; and there he took his wife to live.
To this day Bilba s tribe live in burrows in the sand. They still hear the voice of old Bilba s mate. For so angry was Mayra at Bilba s desire to see his face or leave him that he only howls and roars as he rushes past their camps. Never since has any of the tribes seen where he camps nor does anyone know except the six winds that blow and they tell the secret to none.
Visit us here at Bearded Dragon Tamborine and give us your stories about the local area and we would love to share them with the world.
