Nura Gunyu (Swan Country)
Highlights
- Discover the rich heritage of the Budawang people through immersive cultural experiences led by Noel Butler.
- Engage in bush food walks that connect you to traditional practices and the natural landscape of Morton.
- Participate in cooking demonstrations featuring native ingredients, enhancing your culinary skills with Indigenous flavours.
- Experience the warmth of community through storytelling and performances that celebrate Aboriginal culture and history.
Nura Gunyu is an organisation created to provide Australian Aboriginal education, cultural awareness and enrichment programs; and performance with the ultimate goal to foster cultural understanding and acceptance in the community and wider network.
Noel Butler, Budawang Elder from the Yuin Nation is a qualified teacher, educator, mentor, horticulturist, chef and historian; and together with his wife Trish has been delivering programs, teaching and working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults and children for over 35 years.
The organisation offers: Bush food and cultural knowledge walks, Bush food functions and cooking demonstrations with traditional foods, Cultural camps, Cultural workshops, Cultural days on Country, Speaking engagements, Performances, Art, sculpture and artefacts, and Welcome and smoking ceremonies.
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Cultural Experience Program
Join Noel Butler, a member of the Budawang tribe of the South Coast of NSW as he shares with you the vastness and depth of Indigenous culture.
Over two (or three days) you will learn about the relationship Aboriginals have with the land and the central importance it places within the rich culture and traditions of the world’s oldest indigenous people.
With Noel’s vast horticultural and Indigenous knowledge you will gain insight into the depth of wisdom that was inherent in a culture sustainable for over 50,000 years.
As you weave together an understanding of Aboriginal heritage enjoy its telling through casual talks, lectures, song, dance and celebration of the spirit in the land. They might canoe on the river, walk through bush, explore the coastline or enjoy the beautiful bush setting of Jamanee Gunya.
Jamanee Gunya is situated in the sheer tranquil beauty of the local landscape, equipped with camping grounds complete with eco-friendly shower and toilet block. Dormitory style accommodation is available or come prepared to set up bush camp. All meals are freshly prepared on site and vegetarians are catered for.