Growing Together at Gangagruwan
The following extract was authored by Selena Hanet-Hutchins and originally published by The Kangaroo Valley Voice, 1st April 2024. Between Covid-19 lockdowns, fire, flood, landslips, and broken or closed roads, no one would pick Upper Kangaroo River as the place for big things to have grown over the last few years, but at Winderong Farm they have: Dharawal culture is celebrated in Gangagruwan (Kangaroo Valley) in new ways, linking us to our first custodians the Wodi Wodi, and to a beautiful future of unity, reciprocity, and reconciliation. At a recent dance workshop I attended (excitedly), before corroboree, one wet Saturday, at the invitation of Winderong Farm and Gadhungal Marring, Bob McLeod-Sampson is giving us a warm welcome. He gathers our mixed-ages group...