Sensing Environments – Danielle Ramsay

Location: Baringa, Queensland. Suitability: Suitable for all ages and mobilities. Acknowledgement: We acknowledge the traditional land owners, the Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi people, whose lands stretched from Pine River in the south to the Burrum River in the north.

This sound walk is a mobility-accessible walk along the wide footpath that runs behind the Baringa Community Centre. The walk starts to the left of the Baringa Skate Park and curves along the pond.

The walk is approximately 250 metres and includes 5 sound echoes to explore. All sounds were gathered from the local environment in Baringa, around the ponds/skatepark and Blackbutt Forest, with a few additional bird calls captured at the Maroochy Botanic Gardens.

The image used as the cover photo for this soundwalk features a manipulated photographic image composition. The background is a photo of some gum leaves located along this soundwalk, with a blue/green duo-tone filter applied. Superimposed over this is a repetitive cut-out image of a set of wireless headphones, with a yellow/orange duo-tone filter applied. The background image is my own and the headphones image is from a Canva stock photo.