"Ndi nthawi yachisoni kwambiri kwa ogwira ntchito ku Tjapukai komanso makampani okopa alendo ku Cairns chifukwa tataya mpainiya wamtundu wa Aboriginal yemwe adathandizira kukhazikitsa zikhalidwe zenizeni," adatero Shirley Hollingsworth, General Manager wa Tjapukai.
M'modzi mwa azimayi oyamba kuchita nawo bizinesi yakale kwambiri yokopa alendo ku Australia wamwalira. Hollingsworth adati a Martha "Cookie" Brim adamwalira ndi khansa ali ndi zaka 44.
"Cookie anali m'gulu loyamba la azimayi a Djabugay omwe adalumikizana ndi Tjapukai mu 1995 pokonzekera bizinesi yomwe ikukula kuchokera kumalo ovina ku Kuranda kupita kumalo osungiramo miyambo omwe amapereka zochitika zambiri zaku Caravonica ku Cairns," adatero.
"Cookie ankanyadira kwambiri chikhalidwe chake ndipo anali mkazi wamphamvu kwambiri pakati pa anthu a Djabugay.
"Pogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chomwe adapeza poyendera nkhalango ya Kuranda ndi agogo ake omwalira a Warren Brim, Cookie adathandizira kwambiri pakupanga zakudya ndi mankhwala zakutchire za Tjapukai.
"Izi zinaphatikizapo kusankha zomera kuti zikule mu paki ya chikhalidwe yomwe ingagwiritsidwe ntchito pa maulendo ndi ziwonetsero ndikupanga buku lophunzitsa antchito atsopano za zakudya za chikhalidwe ndi mankhwala a anthu a Djabugay.
"Cookie anali nkhope ya Tjapukai kwa zaka zambiri ndipo chithunzi chake chikuwoneka ngati chikole padziko lonse lapansi.
"Anali m'gulu la Gold Coast kuti achite nawo Masewera a Commonwealth a 2018, kupita ku St Kitts ku Caribbean kukalimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha anthu aku Queensland kwa osankha.
"Chinthu china chosangalatsa kwambiri pantchito yake chinali kukumana ndi Mfumukazi ndi Kalonga Phillip pomwe adayendera Tjapukai mu 2002.
"Cookie adapereka 110 peresenti pomwe amagwira ntchito kuno ndipo anali wofunitsitsa kuwonetsetsa kuti chikhalidwe cha Djabugay chikufotokozedwa molondola.
Ankadzudzula anzake akuntchito chifukwa choloŵa ntchito kapena kusachita zinthu moyenera, koma panalibe mawu achipongwe onena za iye.
Mayi wa ana asanu ndi agogo a ana anayi, Cookie anapatsa mwana wake wamwamuna wamkulu dzina lake la totem Garna, kutanthauza cockatoo wakuda. Garna anakulira m'gulu la zisudzo ku Tjapukai ndipo wapitiliza mwambo wabanja pogwira ntchito ngati wowonetsa zachikhalidwe.
Chikondwerero cha moyo wa Cookie chidzachitika Lachisanu September 28 nthawi ya 1.45pm ku Kuranda Pony Club ndikutsatiridwa ndi maliro kumanda a Kuranda.
