Yengo Aboriginal Walking Tour

Half Day
Central Coast, New South Wales
Culture & Nature
Year Round
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Following your guide, drive to stunning Finchley Trig Lookout for a traditional Acknowledgement of Country and to hear our story of creation.

Here, you will have a 360-degree view overlooking Mt Yengo, which is as significant to local people as Uluru is to its people. Your guide will show you engravings and share ancient knowledge. You will have the opportunity to participate in a smoking ceremony, to protect and cleanse the mind and body. You will also hear language through story, song, and dance.

Location

Yengo National Park

What to expect

A journey through the land with Girri Girra is something to savour. Walk in the footsteps of Australia’s first people and feel their living connection to the 21st century. Hear timeless stories, see original rock carvings and feel the power of connecting with this beautiful country.

Yengo National Park and the surrounding areas are an important spiritual and cultural place for Aboriginal People. There are over 640 recorded Aboriginal cultural sites in the area. Creation stories recount that Biamie, the ancestral being, stepped off the flat top of Mount Yengo into the sky when he finished his creation.

During the tour your guide will share stories and ancient knowledge that provide valuable insight into Yengo National Park and the surrounding area. Participants will also have the opportunity to witness a traditional Acknowledgement of Country, hear our creation story and participate in a traditional smoking ceremony.

What is included

Tour departs at 9:00am from Slacks Park, Paynes Crossing Road & Yango Creek Road, Wollombi. Please meet your guide here and arrive 10 minutes prior to departure time.

From the meeting point, participants will be required to drive their own vehicles a short distance, following their guide, to Finchley Trig Lookout.

The tour duration is 4 hours and the distance covered is 2km along relatively flat walking paths. Participants need to be able to stand and walk for the duration of the tour.

Group and family discounts available.

Please remember these sites are an important part of Aboriginal culture so please remember to tread carefully and with respect.

Meeting point

Tour departs at 9:00am from Slacks Park, Paynes Crossing Road & Yango Creek Road, Wollombi. Please meet your guide here and arrive 10 minutes prior to departure time.

What to bring

camera
bottled water
hat
sunscreen
aeroguard
wet weather gear
wear comfortable clothing and enclosed walking shoes

YOUR EXPERIENCE PROVIDER

Girri Girra

Girri Girra is a 100% Aboriginal-owned tour business operating on the NSW Central Coast. Our lore, language and connection to the land has sustained our culture for 65,000 years - Girri Girra is dedicated to its continuation, by living it and sharing it.

Come on a journey of timeless stories, smoking ceremonies, cultural singing and dancing that will engage and educate participants.
You will see original engravings and rock carvings. You will hear their stories. You will feel the power of connecting with this beautiful country. And above all, you will share in the wisdom of the world’s oldest living culture.

Tim Selwyn

Tim honours the ancient lore of his people and the spirits of his ancestors through art and teaching. His ancestral line comes from the Wongaibon people (Central West NSW), his Mother was born in Dubbo on Wiradjuri country and Tim was born in Gilgandra, on Wailwan country.

Few know the land upon which they grow like Tim and his people. Along with a network of experts in cultural dancing, singing, bush medicine and tucker, Girri Girra is committed to sharing this knowledge through firsthand experience, guiding people through this ancient country, its history and customs.

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