🇦🇺 Australia

• 🇱🇧Food flags

  A delightful exploration of national cuisines represented as flags, showcasing Lebanon's specialties among other global favorites.

• 🌳Wakirlpirri Jukurrpa (Dogwood Tree Dreaming), by Liddy Napanangka Walker

  In exploring Warlpiri culture, I discovered this stunning painting by Liddy Napanangka Walker that captures the essence of the ‘wakirlpirri’ tree.

• 🍚Rice and salt and sand

  Joygun Nessa skillfully crafts puffed rice using a traditional Bangladeshi technique, highlighting the delicate balance of fire, rice, and timing.

• 🏡Dave, Merredin, Western Australia, by Caitlin Harrison

  I love this pair of landscapes

• 🎶Didgeridon’t

  A cultural clash arises when a book for girls includes instructions on playing the didgeridoo, mistaking its sacred significance in Aboriginal traditions.

• 📱The world is their crib sheet

  A Sydney school is innovating exams by allowing online resources and collaboration to better reflect real-world information access.

• 🐍Victorian leeches to the rescue!

  A fascinating look at modern uses of ancient leech therapy for serious medical conditions.

• 🍖The corned beef plague

  An exploration of obesity trends in the Pacific Islands and beyond.