Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Tungatt Mirring Half-Day Tour

The tour starts with a visit to the Kurtonitj Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). Kurtonitj (meaning 'crossing place') is in the center of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape and has historical stone kooyang (eel) traps and stone channels, stone house sites, and eel-smoking trees. Your guide will show you these sites, as well as, an ancient smoking tree used for smoking kooyang (eels), an area of lava flow featuring two weirs, and a dam associated with trapping and holding kooyang.

After Kurtonitj, visit Budj Bim National Park where you will enjoy morning tea. Budj Bim is a Gunditjmara name for Mount Eccles, an inactive volcano located within the Western Victorian Volcanic Plains. The Gunditjmara call the area ‘Tungatt Mirring’ or Stone Country, and it is where the legend of Budj Bim began. Take a guided walk with key features of interest including Lake Surprise, lava tunnels, caves, forest, and wildlife including an extensive koala population.

After Budj Bim, return to the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre & Café. (Lunch not included).