Little Yarns

This NAIDOC Week we're celebrating 50 Years of Deadly by having yarns with three deadly artists. Today let's meet our maliyaa, our friend, Blak Douglas. He's a Dhungatti man and a painter. He's gonna yarn with us about his beautiful painting about a whale in Sydney Harbour - Guruwa Dreaming. This Littler Yarn was recorded on Gadigal lands, featuring the real sounds of Dhungatti and Gadigal Countri...

This NAIDOC Week we're celebrating 50 Years of Deadly by having yarns with three deadly artists. Today let's meet our maliyaa, our friend, Molly Hunt. She's a Balanggarra and Yolngu woman who loves telling stories. Molly is a writer and illustrator and has even made her own Blak superhero!  This Littler Yarn was recorded on Gadigal and Miriwoong Countries, featuring the sounds of Balanggarra Count...

On our last trip to Bunuba Country, our friend Natalie is going to show us how fire helps us cook damper, make tea and stay warm in the cold wind. Nature soundscapes for this episode courtesy of Listening Earth For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your fa...

We’re back on Bunuba Country and following animal tracks along the sandy banks of the Martuwarra River. We're looking for hidden crocodile eggs with the help of our ranger friend, Natalie Davey. Nature soundscapes for this episode courtesy of Listening Earth For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s...

We visit our friend Natalie Davey at her home in Fitzroy Crossing on Bunuba Country in Western Australia. On a walk to the Martuwarra river we’ll meet grasshoppers, frogs and the frilled neck lizard, and learn about the importance of respecting each others' space.

It's our last visit to Wayilwan Country with Aunty Beth. We'll follow some mysterious animal tracks and see if we can spot a very clever animal with more than a few tricks up his sleeve to avoid being seen... 

We're back on Wayilwan Country and heading to school. Aunty Beth shares stories under the gumtrees about showing respect for friends, teachers, Elders and Country.

We're going to meet Aunty Beth Wright on Wayilwan Country in western NSW. Let's go fishing on the Wambuul River with a little help from the gugugarra - the kookaburra!

We're going on a bushwalk with Joel Liddle on Arrernte Country. We'll meet some special feathered friends, listen to their calls and learn how to help look after Country. 

We're back on Arrernte Country to have a cuppa with Joel Liddle at his house. We'll learn how language is like a home and how culture can fill you up and keep you warm, just like a cup of tea. 

Let's go camping in the desert on Arrernte Country in Central Australia. Our friend Joel Liddle's going to show us his favourite spot to sit by the fire and look up at the twinkling kwerralye in the night sky. 

It's our last visit to Ngalia Country to see Kado on his beautiful ngurrara. He's going to share the Creation story for a very small creature that calls the desert home... the antlion! Content warning: This episode features a Creation story where children are taken by monsters. Co-listening is encouraged. 

We're back in the desert with Kado today but watch where you step! The spinifex grass is sharp and spiky. It's also home to important creatures like nampu - the great desert skink! 

We're off to red desert Country in Western Australia to meet up with our friend Kado Muir. We'll hear from some noisy locals, discover water in surprising places and listen to the sounds of Kado's Ngalia homeland.

We're back on Ngarrindjeri Country with Katie! Let's listen to the sounds of the Coorong, yarn about Country and get your plombi ready - she's going to teach us another song! 

We're heading to the coast of South Australia to Ngarrindjeri Country to meet our friend Katie! She's going to introduce us to the wonderful waters of her lands and to a very special bird that calls them home...

There's a famous river that runs right through Naarm. You might know it as the Yarra but its First name is Birrarung. Let's find a comfy spot by the water and listen to Mandy share the Creation story of the river of mist...

You might know spring, summer, autumn and winter... but what about all the other seasons? We're back on Wurundjeri Country to visit Mandy to hear all about the many seasons in Woi Wurrrung language. 

We're always on Country but what about the ground beneath our feet or the skies above us? Let's visit Mandy in Naarm to hear about the many layers of Wurundjeri Country.

This year's NAIDOC theme is 'Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud' so we're revisiting Dreaming stories shared with us by Clayton on Adnyamathanha Country and Brittanie on Gumbaynggirr Country.  

The sun's going down and the sky is getting dark...  It's time for a lullaby to drift off to sleep. Let's head to Gumbaynggirr Country for a littler yarn with Troy Cassar-Daley about his new lullaby 'Ninganah'...

Let's have a yarn with Walmajarri artist Nyangulya Katie Nalgood. It gets pretty hot on her Country but you can still find bright, beautiful birds down by the waterhole. They're Katie's favourite things to paint ever since she was little... This Littler Yarn was a collaboration with the Tarnanthi Art Festival and the Art Gallery of South Australia, with special thanks to Sally Lawrey, Spinifex Hil...

We're meeting Yindjibarndi man Wimiya Woodley to yarn about Country, lore and Rudi's favourite thing to do... dancing! This Littler Yarn was a collaboration with the Tarnanthi Art Festival and the Art Gallery of South Australia, with special thanks to Sally Lawrey and Juluwarlu Art Group.

We're in the Top End to visit Yolngu Elder and artist Djakangu Yunupingu at her studio. Djakangu has painted a very special story that was passed down to her from her father. It's the story of the Djulpan and the seven sisters... This Littler Yarn was a collaboration with the Tarnanthi Art Festival and the Art Gallery of South Australia, with special thanks to Sally Lawrey, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Ce...

It's our last visit to see our mudyi Nathan - let's join him for a walk in the hills around Mudgee and yarn about how we can be a friend to people and Country.