Rhythms of the Kimberley

In Rhythms of the Kimberley Russell Gueho takes the reader on a seasonal journey through the dramatically changing environment of this unique corner of Australia. Emphasising the cyclical nature and interconnectedness of all events - from the fury of cyclones to the flowering season of the smallest, most delicate of plants - this book reflects Gueho's passion for the remarkable Kimberley region - and the importance of its sustainable management.

An excerpt from the Foreword by Tim Winton

This book is an opportunity for tourists and armchair travellers alike to expand their perception of nature and thereby of life itself. In particular it offers a means of viewing seasons outside the European or Northern Hemispheric model that many of us have inherited. With its ecological framework it endeavours to honour the wisdom of local Aboriginal peoples and tempts us to access, along with all the benefits of empirical enquiry, our own instinctive natures, encouraging us to imagine ourselves a part of the landscape we live and work and travel in. For it is only by seeing ourselves as interdependant, entwined and implicated in the processes and patterns of the natural world that we will have any hope of leaving enough of it to our grandchildren.

Printed and Published by Fremantle Press, Rhythms is available at all good bookstores with a recommended retail price of $35, or by contacting the author.