goods. The Eora tell of ancestors twisting their feet in the fine beach sand to transform a squeaking dune into a towering amplifier, emitting sounds analogous to whale calls. Less a hunt than a trap, this was just one means to draw sick or injured cetaceans to strand—but whether a whale was enticed into the shallows by imitating its voice, or if, by happenstance, it was discovered beached, it was always a relished windfall.
