<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location = “http://southeastforests.com.au"
//-->
</script>
The Bundian Way:
ancient Aboriginal trail, future great Australian bushwalk
Some Bundian Way Links
Australia’s highest point – Mount Kosciuszko – links to coastal NSW via a
365km track filled with scenic views and Aboriginal heritage. The man who
has been walking the Bundian Way for more than a decade reveals its secrets,
from Monica Tan of The Guardian:
http://www.netspeed.com.au/seforests/default.htm
The
Bundian Way stretches runs for 350 kilometres, from the Snowy Mountains to
the sea. In 2012 it was given NSW heritage recognition—the culmination of
more than a decade's work by the Eden Aboriginal Land Council. Local
bushwalker and author John Blay has been fascinated by the Bundian Way for
years. He was encouraged by local elders to walk the track. He did so
himself, uncovering stories as he went, before organising a larger survey
group, including Indigenous sculptor Darren Mongta:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/walking-with-the-ancients-along-the-bundian-way/6709540
“His epic journey of rediscovery, chronicled in
On Track: Searching
Out the Bundian Way (NewSouth, 2015), is much more than a
bushwalking narrative; it's a spiritual odyssey in which Blay uncovers the
long lost history associated with this significant track. It also highlights
the trials and tribulations of long-distance walking … However, it's Blay's
delightfully detailed descriptions of the varying country through which he
travels, unmatched by anything else I've read about this region, that makes
On Track a
must-read for any lover of the Australian bush, bushwalker or not,” says Tim
the Yowie Man in The Canberra Times:
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/south-coast-author-john-blay-believes-bundian-way-is-path-to-ecotourism-glory-20150824-gj63ud.html
Inspired by the stories he heard from the Aboriginal elders of south east
NSW, John Blay searched for and found a 360 kilometre ancient Aboriginal
pathway from Mt Kosciuszko to the coast. In his newly released book, On
Track, he tells the story of his epic walks from the highest point of
Australia to Twofold Bay near Eden:
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2015/07/30/4284097.htm
Naturalist,
poet and seasoned bushwalker John Blay worked for over a decade to uncover
the Bundian Way, a 380-kilometre ancient pathway from Mount Kosciuszko to
the New South Wales far south coast, used by both the Aboriginal people of
the area and the earliest British arrivals. But what is it about the Bundian
Way that makes it less like a walk and more like a pilgrimage?
http://www.newsouthpublishing.com/articles/track-and-bundian-way/
Our Email address is sefproject
@ netspeed.com.au
|