Dawn in Leeton
Mar 25, 2020, 09:12 AM
Australian lockdown sounds recorded by Bassling.
"Australia is starting to see a massive growth in COVID-19 infections, but the closest confirmed case is still at least an hour and a half away from our small town.
"The hum of the nearby Rice Cooperative keeps permeating Leeton, as well as the rumble of passing trucks as produce travels from the "food bowl" that is our region.
"In the state of New South Wales parents have been encouraged to keep children home from school and, while it feels like the school holidays have started again, we're working on setting a timetable for activities and assignments. I also plan to start a school of rock, since my son is missing out on playing in his school band.
"In the recording you can hear the typical sound of galahs waking with dawn and also magpie-lark, as well as possibly a plover. The songbird that can be heard are pied butcherbirds, who seem to visit our suburb with the changing of the seasons at the start of autumn and spring."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
"Australia is starting to see a massive growth in COVID-19 infections, but the closest confirmed case is still at least an hour and a half away from our small town.
"The hum of the nearby Rice Cooperative keeps permeating Leeton, as well as the rumble of passing trucks as produce travels from the "food bowl" that is our region.
"In the state of New South Wales parents have been encouraged to keep children home from school and, while it feels like the school holidays have started again, we're working on setting a timetable for activities and assignments. I also plan to start a school of rock, since my son is missing out on playing in his school band.
"In the recording you can hear the typical sound of galahs waking with dawn and also magpie-lark, as well as possibly a plover. The songbird that can be heard are pied butcherbirds, who seem to visit our suburb with the changing of the seasons at the start of autumn and spring."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds