Wed 20 - Thu 28 May* | 10.00am - 5.00pm  | Phoenix Cafe or Outside Universal Hall, The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn | Drop in - free

*Not Sat, Sun or Mon

As part of GUURANDA x RISE, respected Narungga Elder Aunty Lynette Newchurch from Point Pearce will lead wallaby skin cloak making workshops, sharing one of the oldest and most sacred cultural practices of her people.

For Narungga families, wallaby skin cloaks are more than garments. They are living archives. Carefully prepared, incised and stitched, each skin carries story, lineage and Country.

Traditionally, cloaks were used for warmth against coastal winds, as bedding beneath open skies, wrapped around babies and Elders, and as resonant surfaces for drumming in ceremony. The markings etched into the skins are not decoration but maps of Creation stories, kinship and responsibility. To make a cloak is to sit inside story. To sew is to remember.

In Scotland, Aunty Lynette will be joined by local textile artist Lynda Buchan, creating a rare cross cultural collaboration between Narungga and Scottish making traditions. This meeting of hands and histories invites participants into a shared space of listening, learning and careful craft.

GUURANDA x RISE offers more than a workshop. It offers a weaving of cultures and conversation carried through thread and story

Ngayi Yunggu