Djaara Elder Uncle Rick Nelson on Country
Join Djaara Elder Uncle Rick Nelson on Country for a guided tour of sites he has specifically chosen as significant in the Castlemaine and surrounds areas. His tours offer a unique opportunity to connect with the land and the living culture of Dja Dja Wurrung people.
Join Uncle Rick for this unique tour out on Djaara Country in the Castlemaine region where you will visit significant trees and sites that Uncle Rick has specifically selected.
A Welcome To Country and Smoking Ceremony is part of this tour as a cleansing to ensure you walk with good spirit.
This tour starts at the Castlemaine Market Building at 10am.
We aim to return to Castlemaine Market Building around 2pm.
Meet us on foot out the front at Mostyn St entrance and the Uncle Rick bus will pick you up and return you to same location at approx 2pm.
We HIGHLY recommend leaving time before or after the tour for a visit to the Boorp Boorp Boondyil exhibition inside the Market Building.
It gives residents and visitors a chance to walk through an interactive space, where they will learn the history of the area. It features the story of the Eagle, the Bat and the Crow, the Creation Story of the Dja Dja Wurrung in the Mount Alexander region, as told by the Nelson family.