Didgeridoo Australia

didgeridoo-australia.com.au is a website belonging to John Bowden, of Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia.

This site is dedicated to the teaching of the unique, Australian Aboriginal instrument, the didgeridoo (also spelt didjeridu).

The products available through this website are:

John’s first book,

DIDGERIDOO – A Complete Guide, and

the compatible audio CD,

Playing the DIDGERIDOO – A Complete Course, and

the 2nd book,

Playing DIDGERIDOO – Further Studies, Part 1

This is the most advanced and comprehensive didgeridoo
course in the world.

About the Author
John Bowden has taught thousands of people to play the didgeridoo. John was trained and has worked as a teacher in subjects as diverse as biology, geology, science, music, art, environmental studies and Aboriginal culture. He is particularly qualified to teach didgeridoo. He’s had great success in teaching complete beginners to the most advanced players.

John has widely varying interests and accomplishments, including over forty years experience in the worlds of both education and music. Since leaving full-time teaching, John has been busier than ever with interests as diverse as local Aboriginal history and culture, the environment and song-writing. John has continued to engage in community education, with the development and implementation of numerous courses and workshops for didgeridoo players.

DIDGERIDOO (DIDJERIDU) AUSTRALIA

Didgeridoo Info

Didgeridoos are made traditionally and most commonly from the stems and branches of trees, hollowed out by termites. These trees, when cut to make didgeridoos, are living plants, with roots, bark, stems, branches, twigs, leaves and, in season, flowers. Dead trees are not usually as suitable for didgeridoos because as soon as a tree or part of it dies it is subject to rotting. With time and decay it therefore becomes less suitable for making into a didgeridoo. Only certain species of termite are responsible for the hollowing of trees and sound dry timber, such as that in our homes. There are about 400 species of termites in Australia. Nearly all of these eat grass, leaf litter or rotting wood. We often call them white ants, but are neither white nor ants. They are related to cockroaches. Like ants, termites live in colonies and have flying forms that are adapted to produce new colonies.