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This Gold Coast school holiday workshop delivers an immersive and engaging
insight into First Nations culture.
Aimed at primary school aged children from 4 - 12 years of age , the
experience begins with an Aboriginal art workshop. Children will learn about
the methods of Aboriginal painting and the symbols and their meanings and
create their own masterpiece to take home.
Following the art workshop, the group are taken on a short guided walk from
Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre through the gates of Burleigh Head
National Park and along the shores Tallebudgera Creek, where numerous
significant sites and environmental features have played an important part in
the lives of the Yugambeh speaking people for thousands of years. They will
learn about the Aboriginal history and culture of the Gold Coast and hear
fascinating Dreaming stories associated with Jellurgal (Burleigh Headland).
Tour price includes the Aboriginal art workshop and activity book for children
to fill in on their walk. Both their creation and their activity book can be
taken home at the end of the tour.
Jellurgal Little Explorers tours run on selected dates during the Queensland
school holidays.
Sessions can also be requested during school terms, phone the centre on (07)
5525 5955 to enquire.
Approximately 1.5 hours.
The Oceanview track offers limited wheelchair and pram-assisted access. Our
accessibility statement can be found
here
The Oceanview track is a 'Grade 2' walk, meaning that the track is a hardened
surface with gentle hill sections and occasional steps. No bushwalking
experience is required and wheelchair assisted and pram assisted access is
possible.
Total walking distance will be just less than 1km for the round trip to the
creek and back to the centre.
Participants must be wearing closed-in flat shoes suitable for walking.
We also recommend:
You may want to bring swimming attire and towels for a swim at the picturesque
Tallebudgera Creek after the tour. A lifeguard-patrolled beach is located a
short walk from the centre.
** Please be advised that this is not a 'drop-and-go' workshop, children
must be supervised by an adult for the duration of the experience.**
Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
GBP 9.84