THE Lake’s Apprentice by Annamaria Weldon offers an intimate portrait of the chain of lakes between Mandurah and Bunbury – in particular, Lake Clifton in Yalgorup National Park.
Combining essays and a suite of poems, photos and nature notes, The Lake’s Apprentice is a remarkable exploration of place.
Informed by current environmental research and evoking the long past of the Bindjareb Noongar relationship to the wetland, Weldon thinks through to a resilient fture.
This is more than simply nature writing.
It is a visual delight, a walking guide, a book of poetry and ideas, a celebration of Aboriginal custodianship and a challenge for the future.
Weldon worked closely with her Noongar mentor George Walley to learn about Yalgorup, and is now learning the traditional language.
For your chance to win a copy of The Lake’s Apprentice simply email kate.hedley@fairfaxmedia.com.au with a photo you have taken around the Yalgorup lake system.
The winner will be notified by email.
