Kirstin Nicholson, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper
Cohuna Neighbourhood House treated 28 people to a ‘Bush Bash Tour’ as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival.
Photo: The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper.
The tour, held on Tuesday, October 19, was funded by the ‘re-Connect with Your Gannawarra’ program and saw participants bussed out to a location on Spences Bridge Road in the Gunbower Forest.
Local Aboriginal elder, Aunty Esther Kirby, explained the historical significance of the Gunbower Forest to the local Aboriginal people and discussed items of cultural significance.
Cohuna Lions Club was on hand to dish up a delicious morning tea of scones with jam and cream.
Cohuna Neighbourhood House manager, Tanya Black, said that attendees enjoyed the day, and she would like to run further sessions for the wider community.
The next event for the Seniors Festival will be a sausage sizzle in the community garden at Neighbourhood House from 10am to 12pm this morning. People are invited to bring along a seedling to plant in the garden. This will be followed with a morning tea at 10am tomorrow morning at the Cohuna Art Gallery, in conjunction with the new exhibition ‘Life in the Sun – Cohuna 1 to 100’.
This article appeared in The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 28 October 2021.
