"Lixesha elibuhlungu kakhulu kubasebenzi baseTjapukai nakwimizi-mveliso yokhenketho eCairns nanjengoko siphulukene novulindlela kwezokhenketho lwabeMi Bomthonyama abathe banceda ekuphuhliseni amava enkcubeko," utshilo uMphathi Jikelele weTjapukai uShirley Hollingsworth.
Omnye wabadlali ababhinqileyo bokuqala kwishishini lokhenketho elidala laseOstreliya uye wasweleka. UHollingsworth uthe uMartha “Cookie” Brim waphulukana nomhlaza eneminyaka engama-44 ubudala.
"Icookie yayiliqela lokuqala labasetyhini baseDjabugay abajoyina iTjapukai ngo1995 belungiselela ushishino olwandayo ukusuka kwindawo yemidlalo yokudanisa eKuranda yaya kwipaki yenkcubeko enikezela ngamava omthonyama eCaravonica eCairns," utshilo.
“Icookie ibizidla ngenkcubeko yayo kwaye ibingumfazi owomeleleyo phakathi kwabantu baseDjabugay.
“Esebenzisa ulwazi alufumene ekuhloleni ihlathi laseKuranda notatomkhulu wakhe ongasekhoyo uWarren Brim, uCookie waba negalelo ekuphuhliseni ukutya kwamahlathi kukaTjapukai kunye namava amayeza.
“Oku kubandakanya ukukhetha izityalo eziza kukhula kwipaki yenkcubeko enokusetyenziselwa ukhenketho kunye nemiboniso kunye nokwenza incwadana yokufundisa abasebenzi abatsha ngokutya kwenkcubeko kunye namayeza abantu baseDjabugay.
“U-Cookie wayebubuso bukaTjapukai iminyaka emininzi nomfanekiso wakhe ubonakala kwisibambiso sentengiso kwihlabathi jikelele.
“Wayeyinxalenye yephulo leGold Coast lokusingatha iMidlalo yeCommonwealth ka-2018, esiya eSt Kitts kwiCaribbean ukuya kukhuthaza inkcubeko yemveli yaseQueensland kubantu abakhethiweyo.
Enye into ebalaseleyo ebomini bakhe yayikukudibana noKumkanikazi kunye neNkosana uPhillip xa babetyelele eTjapukai ngo2002.
“Icookie ifake i-110 pesenti xa yayisebenza apha kwaye inomdla wokuqinisekisa ukuba inkcubeko ye-Djabugay iboniswa ngokuchanekileyo.
"Wayekhuza abantu asebenza nabo ngokungabikho emsebenzini okanye angenzi kakuhle izinto, kodwa zange athethe rhabaxa ngaye."
Umama wabantwana abahlanu noninakhulu wabane, uCookie wanika unyana wakhe wamazibulo igama lakhe elithi Garna, elithetha i-cockatoo emnyama. UGarna wakhula phakathi kwabadlali baseTjapukai kwaye uqhubeke nesiko losapho ngokusebenza apho njengombonisi wenkcubeko.
Umbhiyozo wobomi bukaCookie uyakubanjwa ngolwesiHlanu umhla wama-28 kweyoMsintsi ngeyeshumi elinanye emva kwemini eKuranda Pony Club elandelwa kukungcwatyelwa emangcwabeni eKuranda.
