Kambarang/Spring Ginko

Karrgatup Kings Park

Boorloo Perth Western Australia 7 October 2026

Kambarang Ginko Report

Coral Carter October 2026

It was a perfect kambarang spring day, warm in the sunshine but a little too cold in the shade. A great day to shake off those winter chills and visit Karrgatup Kings Park where Western Australian wild flower displays are in full bloom. You don’t have to leave the city to see the extensive and varied range of flowers in kambarang/spring they are right here at the city’s heart. 

Visitors flock to Karrgatup including the feral visitors of kookaburra and rainbow lorikeet. The kookaburra was introduced to Western Australia 120 years ago by the Acclimatisation Society with the mistaken idea to keep the snake population in check. Visitors are warned of the swooping kookaburras who will seize food from your hand if you are not vigilant. Rainbow lorikeets escaped from local aviaries and quickly became a scourge of the agricultural industry causing billions of dollars damage to fruit and grape crops. Both birds can be seen and heard in Karrgatup.

Kambarang is represented by the colour yellow and acacias, banksias and balgas are all flowering. It is the second spring October to November after djilba the first spring August to September. Snakes and other reptiles come out of hibernation and birds begin to breed including the kookaburra and the koolbardies/magpies who are known to swoop with the intention of protecting their nests.

Karrgatup overlooks the Derbal Yirrigan/Swan River and the central business district and is also the location of the war memorial. The best spot in Perth for many reasons. 

We enjoyed the gathering and made notes and first drafts for future haiku.

Attendees: Neil Pattinson, Shae OReilly, Colin Young, Mar Bucknell, Eileen Hawkes, Gary de Piazzi, Daniel Dowsett, Pat Johnston, Ruari Jack Hughes, Coral Carter, Rose van Son.

cake is often essential    

for writing a good haiku

Pat Johnson

the hoverfly selects

from kaleidoscope menu

Shae OReilly

parkland garden

many many children

kookaburras laugh

Daniel Dowsett

light in the forest

wattle

a carpet of gold

Neil J Pattinson 

the telescope is under surveillance

the city loves its noises

                    is a greeting in braille

Mar Bucknell

Geraldton wax

flowers glow beside

everlastings

               Rose van Son

 springtime colourful

 assaulted by the flowers

 there is no escape

Ruari Jackkambarang

the sound of foreign visitors

in the park

Gary de Piazzi

the eternal flame 

heat blurs

picnicking families

Coral Carter

djilba and kambarang
life awakens under the sun
djoorabiny it’s spring

Aileen Hawkes

*djilba first spring, August September, *djoorabiny happy

a shrivelled leaf

driven by wind settles

in a magpie’s nest

Colin Young