Dinjalla
Dinjalla is the name given by the local Darkinung people for the majestic Wedge Tail Eagles that can often be seen flying above the property. Dinjalla on the Hill, located in Congewai is a spacious and welcoming backdrop to rest those weary feet and pamper yourself before hitting the trail once again. Stay at our luxurious 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom country homestead at discounted rates for GNW walkers or we can offer a beautiful camp site with access to water, a camp fire (if conditions permit) and an outdoor hot shower for a small nightly fee per person.
The Great North Walk Companion extract- page 2
Alkira’s mother spoke: “I can see a dark shadow, like a crocodile far, far away or maybe a big canoe paddled by many warriors.”
I was too young to understand how great was the distance and so how large the ‘canoe’ must really have been. It was then near the middle of what the people I now call my people say is “May” in the year I think must be counted as 1770. My mother and I were as high as you can climb in our lands and they were many days’ walk away, further than I had ever been — at least further than I had been then. But then I was only six years old, just a child. I was frightened when as the Sun rose bright yellow in that massive morning sky, my mother entered a kind of trance and spoke to me of a future, my future:
“I see your husband’s family, daughter, made captive by men with pale skins − men from that boat you see now or one like it. Your brother-in-law or his son has shiny silver snakes of shiny rope on his wrists. He is beating the ground with his fists to try to remove them. Never allow anyone to place such ornaments on your arms, my daughter.”
