Walking Country
The practice of moving through country to maintain connection and knowledge.
Walking country is more than travel; it is a spiritual practice that renews connection between person and place. Through walking, one reads the stories in the land, maintains relationship with ancestral beings, and fulfills responsibilities to specific sites.
When you walk the country, the country walks into you.
Walking country maintains both ecological knowledge and spiritual connection.
Oral Tradition
Written about in
- What Aboriginal Australians mean by belonging to Country
Moving on foot through Country is a practice, not transport. You read the stories held in the land and keep up your obligations to particular sites by turning up at them.