Kim talks about the recording …

I originally had the thought of doing this project two years ago when I first arrived in Mackay. However, I started recording and composing last November (2005).

“This is my gift back to Mackay as an artist. I have tried to feel my place within the natural landscape. I've also responded musically to the calls of the birds and the emotions that I feel when experiencing certain things like a waterfall, a scorching hot day, a canefire or a rainy day.

“It is easy to create something like this when one has not lived in Mackay very long. The more one stays, the more one feels part of the landscape which can lead to taking it for granted. However as I had arrived from London, it was a huge contrast and therefore so much more striking.

“I had a great deal of assistance from Tess Brickhill, a local birdwatcher, who identified all the birds. I think they are a good cross-section of bird sounds that one would hear in Mackay. There are over forty different types of birds recorded.

“I have tried to showcase Mackay's natural beauty in sound. I’ve also gone for the more traditional photographic expression as well with the help of talented local photographer, Dean Whitling.”

Lynnis Bonanno
The Daily Mercury