DESCRIPTION
This Gold Coast school holiday workshop delivers an immersive and engaging insight into First Nations culture.
Aimed at primary school aged children from 5 – 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.
Tour times
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.
Duration
Approximately 1.5 hours.
Wheelchair and pram accessibility
The Oceanview track offers limited wheelchair and pram-assisted access. Our accessibility statement can be found here
Difficulty
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.
What to bring
Participants must be wearing closed-in flat shoes suitable for walking.
We also recommend:
- hats
- sunscreen
- bottles of water
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.
