Á Tea for Two with Delta Kay & Nickolla Clark

Á Tea For Two  is a place for the types of real chats that happen over a cuppa not all structured like a proper interview, just a place to let what is in the space between two creatives come up. The intimacy of a cuppa.... where the conversation can go anywhere?

This month's episode is a live recording from a recent show of More Blacks More Dogs More Irish at the Byron Theatre on the 28th August. This show was an incredibly collaboration between Bunyarra Culture Collective and I. The chat was from the panel which included Bunyarra members;  Cultural Educator, Auntie Delta Kay, Arakwal Bumberbin Bundjalung woman and Artist Nickolla Clark, Arakwal women from the Bundjalung Nation. The chats were just so damn wholesome that I had to edit it up and get it out there for ye on the podcast. You have to imagine our cuppa together cause Auntie Delta and Nickolla and I have shared many many many the cups of lemon myrtle tea around fibres weaving together or cups of Barry's tea hatching plans for shows together with Bunyarra Culture Collective and this chat is a little glimpse into the many hours of those chats where we have learned so much about each other's cultures and traditions. It is a beautiful thing to sit and have a safe space to chat through some of the hard things about what colonisation has left in us, but what is even more special is to have such a beautiful healing space where we can learn and grow together. A space of shared cultures and shared connections and collaborations. I love our little sparks that fly for our cultures and language and how they light each other up. It is beautiful reciprocity. It is healing in action.

plus... There is a bonus little song too at the end! 

The Irish words I refer to: 
diabhaltí - devilish, deadly
fite fuaite - interwoven

FIND MORE ON DELTA KAY HERE:
WEBSITE for Delta Bushtucker Tours: https://explorebyronbay.com/
INSTA for Delta: https://www.instagram.com/bunyarradubay

MORE ON NICKOLLA CLARK HERE:
INSTA for Nickolla and her Artwork: https://www.instagram.com/arakwal_nickolla_artworks

Delta Kay : Arakwal Bundjalung Woman, Cultural Walking Tours
Delta Kay is an Arakwal Bumberbin Bundjalung woman, proud mother and grandmother passionate about sharing culture and protecting Country. She is committed to working in genuine partnership with the local community to promote awareness, understanding and mutual respect between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.She runs Cultural Walking Tours and Bush Tucker Tours in the Byron Bay region - offering locals and tourists a deeper understanding of the local Arakwal Bundjalung people and the cultural significance of Byron Bay’s spectacular coast and rainforest.

Nickolla Clark: A young Arakwal woman of the Bundjalung nation,
Byron Bay, NSW.  Learning the culture from her Nan, Elder Dulcie Nicholls, she began painting at thirteen after she learned all things about country and what it has for us. 
Her artwork  predominantly involves painting and recently, screen-printing/lino printing depicts ancestral country, journeys and connections with fine rows of dots and lines marking out the locations of sand, sea, bush country, rivers, flood plains, waterholes and ceremonial sites, alongside totems, animals and sacred sites. It is an important part of her life and identity and an expressive means for her to share the knowledge and dreamtime of my people.

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