How to visit Aboriginal sites on the Central Coast respectfully
Image: Popran National Park
Credit: James Vodicka x Destination Central Coast
Credit: James Vodicka x Destination Central Coast
Girri Girra Aboriginal Experiences in Bouddi National Park
Credit: Dominic Loneragan
Credit: Dominic Loneragan
Please show respect when visiting Aboriginal sites and do not:
- touch or interfere with a sacred site
- walk over a site
- ride your bike over a site
- light fires or drag vegetation through the area.
Image: Bulgandry Art Site Aboriginal Place, Brisbane Water National Park
Credit: Cameron Board x Destination Central Coast
Credit: Cameron Board x Destination Central Coast
This article was originally authored by Shaney Hudson, as part of a Love Central Coast grant project brought to you by Destination Central Coast, jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund. To maintain accuracy, some editorial changes may have been made since publication.
Destination Central Coast understand it’s vital that we work collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to portray an accurate, inclusive and authentic representation of Indigenous Australia, informed by best practice cultural guidelines provided by Tourism Australia. Due to any sensitive cultural content, we wish to acknowledge this as a 'living article' created in ongoing, open consultation with the Indigenous peoples it aims to represent.
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