A festival to celebrate the season of Gunumeleng

Thursday 21^st  November  – Sunday 24^th  November at  Litchfield National Park special purpose camp.

This camping area holds the signs of this season.

Andjarduk the red bush apples should be ripening.

Anmorlak the billy goat plums have their new leaves.

Dini dini the cidadas fill day with their song, and

Gardidi the crickets taking their place at night.

Andak the yellow milky plum should be ready to eat.

Anbedje the spear grass emerges from the ground and

Namarrgon the lightning man emerges from the rocks to

‘line up the clouds and throw lightning and thunder around’.

‘Walks with Nature’ group invites you to join us for a most exciting time of year, when the storms arrive. The time to celebrate the season of Gunumeleng.

The special purpose camp facility at Florence Falls – enter by the dummy locked gate opposite the Buley rock hole track.

This wonderful place is an area we get to know more each year, as we visit for some of the seasonal festivals.

For newcomers to this place, bring all your eating and cooking utensils.  There is a small gas fridge but you are better off bringing an esky with big ice blocks.  Cater for yourselves but for dinners, we usually each prepare something and put it all out as a smorgasboard to have as a shared meal. For morning or afternoon tea bring fruit to cut and share.  Bring a lantern for the meal tables at night.

Bring a coloured cloth for each child to use for the dramatized stories.

Bring a t-shirt or bag or pillow case to print or dye.

Camping is easy on cut lawns, showers and toilets are close by to the tent area.  You will need a torch.

Bring clothes to cover your skin from mozzies at night and shoes for bush walking.  Bring water bottles for walking and a basket or a bag to collect bush treasures.

The Rangers do not take our rubbish away so please bring your own bucket and bags to take away your own rubbish.  We don’t mind taking the food scraps for our chooks, but can’t take other rubbish away and please manage your own disposable nappies so they are not stored in the kitchen garbage bin where we prepare food, thanks.

Parks and Wildlife charge for camping is  –

$3.30 / adult / day and $1.70 / child over 5 years / day / families $7.70 per day.

We collect the fees at the camp to give the Park towards the Special purpose area.

We ask a small charge of $10 per day per family for materials we supply for

activities, please remember to pay this even if you just come for a day.

If you have any queries please email: dlucas@bigpond.net.au