21/08/2025
✨ Congratulations to local Author Rachel Barry on receiving the 2025 MidCoast Arts Grant for her children’s platypus book ‘Where Ripples Rise’
Books like this are so powerful - they connect children to culture and language, grow vocabulary, and spark conversations about nature and community. This story also introduces readers to the Gathang word for platypus (Yapii), showing how bilingual stories enrich learning.
👉 Read more in the article: https://dungogshire.newsofthearea.com.au/local-author-awarded-midcoast-arts-grant-for-childrens-platypus-boa
Illustrator Estelle Leishman, Uncle Justin Ridgeway, and Author Rachel Barry. Photos: supplied by Rachel Barry. Illustrations from the book. Illustrations from the book. Illustrations from the book. The book is titled ‘Where Ripples Rise’. STROUD local Rachel Barry has been announced as a succes...