Rain falls on the Granite Belt - a storm that begins the journey of water to form mighty Biirrinba, the Clarence River. This piece centers on the Mountain Orange Gum (Eucllyptus prava) - one of the Three Sanctuary trees depicted by Rochelle Summerfield for the WATER exhibition.
Track artwork by Rochelle Summerfield.
from
Confluence,
released November 19, 2022
All soundscape recordings by Will Rodgers at Thorndale, Qld 2021-2022. Below is a list of species, elements and anthropogenic sounds positively identified that contribute their voices to this piece.
Birds:
Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
White Browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Grey Shrike-Thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
White Throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
Crimson Rosella (Platycerus elegans)
Superb Fairy Wren (Maluris cyaneus)
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
White Throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea)
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
Channel Bill Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandae)
Amphibians:
Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera)
Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (Crinia parinsignifera)
Peron’s Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)
Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus)
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)
Smooth Toadlet (Uperoleia laevigata)
Insects:
Fly (Musca spp.)
Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)
Elements:
Thunder
Rain on dam surface
Wind in eucalypts
Human Generated:
Highway noise
Agricultural machinery
Aeroplane