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NAIDOC Week

Celebrating 50 Years of Deadly

6 – 10 July โ€ข 12.30pm – 2.30pm daily

Get involved in celebrating NAIDOC Week with daily cultural activities, story time and demonstrations. This year is about reflecting on the people who built this movement, taking in the now and building momentum for the next 50 years. Feel inspired, be part of it.

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About NAIDOC Week

This year’s NAIDOC Week marks a milestone. Fifty Years of Deadly. As part of our way to celebrate and support, we’re hosting daily cultural activities that you can get involved in. It’s a chance to learn more about First Nations peoples, their culture, their stories and their incredible knowledge that’s been passed down for centuries.

View our timetable of activities below to plan ahead and make sure you don’t miss a thing this NAIDOC week.

During your visit, make sure you also check out the Yagaleh Dreaming Stories Mural and be mesmerised by the Ngari-bah Aboriginal Culture Show.

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When

6 – 10 July

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Where

The Pavillion, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

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Ages

All ages welcome

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Time

Daily 12.30pm – 2.30pm

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NAIDOC Week Activity Schedule

When: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Where: The Pavilion (map ref. P13)
What: Try yourself at basket weaving, learn about the didgeridoo

When: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Where: The Pavilion (map ref. P13)
What: Learn about the didgeridoo, get hands-on with mini canvas painting, learn about ochre – a sacred resource and make totems

When: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Where: The Pavilion (map ref. P13)
What: Learn about the didgeridoo, listen in during dreamtime storytelling, get hands-on with mini canvas painting, learn about ochre – a sacred resource and make totems

When: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Where: The Pavilion (map ref. P13)
What: Try yourself at basket weaving, learn about the didgeridoo

When: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Where: The Pavilion (map ref. P13)
What: Listen in during dreamtime storytelling, get hands-on with boomerang and rock painting, learn about ochre – a sacred resource and make totems as well as traditional tea

Let’s Celebrate Fifty Years of Deadly

  • Group of people weaving, sitting around a table topped with colourful threads and a didgeridoo, surrounded by green grass
  • Closeup of a person using wooden sticks and fibres to make a fire on a sheet laying on grass
  • Man in neutral coloured clothing wearing a statson hat playing a blue didgeridoo painted with traditional colourful Aboriginal markings
  • Snapshot of a colourful mural made in the Australian Aboriginal Art showing a Kookaburra bird sitting on a tree singing at the sun
  • Man in traditional Australian Aboriginal clothing and markings crouching on sandy ground with arms outstretched in front of green trees
  • Man shaving wooden piece with a small blade, set on a sheet on the ground

FAQโ€™s

What are Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's opening hours?

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is open from 9am to 4pm every day, except ANZAC Day (April 25) and Christmas Day (December 25). Last admissions at 3.30pm daily.

Astra Lumina, our magical night-time experience, is open every Friday and Saturday with extra days during school holidays. The trail opens once last light has faded, doors open one hour earlier. For more specific details, check out this page.

The Lorikeet Feeding is held daily at 8am and 4pm. No entry ticket is required to join. Watch for free or get involved to feed wild Lorikeets.

Will Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary stay open in bad weather?

The Sanctuary will remain open in light rain. In case of severe weather events, a decision may be made to close the Sanctuary in the interest of guest, animal and staff safety. Our team closely monitors weather and you will be informed if you have purchased a ticket and we have to close due to unsafe weather.

Some activities and/or presentations may be delayed or cancelled in wet weather.

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