wukalina Walk – Bay of Fires, Lutruwita/Tasmania
takara waranta | walk with us
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people please be aware that content on this website and parts of our tours include references to the ongoing impacts of colonisation and historical events in Lutruwita/Tasmania that may cause distress. This website and our social media posts may also contain photographs, videos and audio of people who have passed.
wukalina Walk is a multi-award-winning 4-day/3-night Palawa owned and operated experience in the north east of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Our guides share knowledge and perspectives as they lead you through beautiful bushland and along the coastline of Wukalina (Mt William National Park) and Larapuna (Bay of Fires). Throughout this journey, you’ll learn about the ongoing connection that Palawa community has to this Country.
our homeland
milaythina nika milaythina mana | this land is our Country
The walk takes place on our cultural homeland, the magnificent Wukalina and Larapuna in North East Lutruwita. After meeting in Launceston, we together travel by minibus for about 2.5 hours to the start of the walking route. Along this part of the journey our guides will share more about themselves, the Country we are travelling through and set the scene for the next few days together.
our people
Most people, but certainly not all, who make up the proud First Nations community of Lutruwita (Tasmania) are Palawa or Pakana. These are words from two different language groups that both mean Tasmanian Aboriginal person or people and can be used interchangeably, though many community members identify as one or the other.
our community
wukalina Walk is just one of the many ways you can engage with our community in Lutruwita.
We encourage you to attend events open to the public, listen to our music, hear our stories, learn our history and engage with what we create. Here’s a list of books and podcasts to get you started. Follow us on social media, support our ventures and get to know us.
our language
palawa kani means ‘Tasmanian Aborigines speak’ and is the Aboriginal language of Lutruwita/Tasmania today.
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) is responsible for the revival of Tasmanian Aboriginal language across Lutruwita/Tasmania. Since the early 1990s this work has been conducted by the palawa kani Language Program. Around 50 community members have worked for the program over that time. Our language revival has been guided by principles agreed on, in statewide meetings, by our community.
For more about palawa kani, go to the TAC website where you’ll also find a link to Policy and Protocol for Use of palawa kani Aboriginal Language, 2019.
protecting Country
When walking on Country please respect that you are on Aboriginal land and a visitor to this significant living cultural landscape.
Country remembers everything. She remembers the people. We always have family members there on Country, in the form of the peppermint gum, whose roots are deep in the ground from which we came and from which language came. They represent us and our Ancestors and they represent the future.
overview of the walk
wukalina Walk will enrich your experience of Lutruwita whether you’re visiting or you call this island home. The walk is as popular with those who live here as it is with people from other parts of this continent and from all over the world.
We get a lot of heartfelt feedback and reviews by people who have walked with us. Here are some of our favourite comments.
