Yula-Punaal Education & Healing Aboriginal Corporation

31/10/2025

We are very grateful to have hosted our local women's group on Country. 🫶🏾🌱🤎

21/10/2025

📢See you in 3 days! 🤎🌱🫶🏾

Thank you to all our Deadly community for registering to attend our Yula-Punaal Education & Healing Aboriginal Corporation NAIDOC on Country.

We are looking forward to sharing culture with you all, please bring along a chair or picni matt🪑👌🏾

21/10/2025

Hosting our deadly Guyung Minig on Country! 🫶🏾🌱🤎

18/10/2025

18/10/2025

As we come into Spring, new life is beginning 🪾🪴🌾
And add a rainbow 🌈 or two.

Our fingerlimes are in abundant and are looking great!

Yula-Punaal has a new garden with a range of native plants, flowers and fruits. We also have an influx of our native bee, helping with the pollination.

18/10/2025

Yula-Punaal implemented the third round of our On-Country Vacation Care program during the second week of the school holidays. 👧🏾🧒🏽👦🏻👩🏻 👦🏼👩🏾👧🏼

The children participated in their first First Aid workshop, which focused on the protocol for 🐍snake bites. While the kids found it entertaining, they also grasped the seriousness of the workshop, its purpose, and intent.

Cultural activities included Songlines, working with clay and ochre, making damper, fried scones, and lemon 🌱myrtle cake. Our children collaborated on a project using stringy bark to create a bark canoe and added coconut palm leaves to the Gunyah using stringy bark rope.

True to the spirit of our ancestors, we were blessed with the presence of kangaroos 🦘 wallabies, their joeys, and an echidna 🦔 . The children were fully immersed in the program.

On the final day, our newly appointed Junior Leader, Kira, developed and delivered an impressive trivia game with dance 🕺 breaka in between. We are extremely proud of the leadership Kira demonstrated throughout the week. The kids showed great respect towards her. 🖤🥰❤️

Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services
Barang Regional Alliance

14/09/2025

🌟 Yula-Punaal NAIDOC on Country – Yulu-gi Gathering 🌟

Calling all our young deadly Miyay (girls) and Birray (boys) – it’s time to shake a leg and celebrate culture at our vibrant Yulu-gi Gathering!

We’re inviting local dance groups, whether you’re already established or just starting out, to perform and showcase your traditions, songs, and deadly moves.

🖤 Open to groups with participants under 17
💛 Prizes to be won
❤️ Expression of Interest form now open - https://form.jotform.com/252428822946869

Let’s dance, celebrate, and be strong in culture together!

10/09/2025

Such a special day. 🫶🏾🤎👧🏽👦🏿

10/09/2025

Today, Yula-Punaal supported and participated in National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day and Indigenous Literacy Day at the Tacoma Wetlands with Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services and Barang Regional Alliance.

Both events are aimed at our children with a focus of culture, and our children’s learning and growth. Our children had the opportunity to interact and experience cultural learnings including language, literacy, artefacts, selfcare and healthy eating choices. 🍱

Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) is annually observed on the first Wednesday of September. ⚫️🥰🔴 📕

Hosted by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, an Australian non-profit organisation, ILD is dedicated to enhancing literacy within remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Each year, ILD features a specific theme, providing resources and events tailored to enhance literacy for Aboriginal communities. 🙌🏽👦🏽👧🏼👦🏻👧🏾🙌🏽

09/09/2025

Come along tomorrow! Check out the flyer below and change of venue. 👶🏾🧒🏼👦🏿👧🏽

📢 We have made a venue change due to predicted weather to Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy 1897 S Tacoma Rd, Tuggerah.

Come along for a day of connection, culture, and community. Our gudjagang aged 0-5 years old will be immersed in cultural activities, language, and storytelling, while also receiving important hearing, vision and dental checks. To celebrate their health and culture, gudjagang who complete all health screens will have the special opportunity to receive a cultural portrait.

⏰ Wednesday 10 September, 10.00am – 12.30pm

📍Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy 1897 S Tacoma Rd, Tuggerah

📘 Parents please bring along their gudjagang's BLUE BOOK to have checked on the day.

LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE!

To register please contact Amanda Dean on 0415 194 066 or amanda.dean@eleanorduncan.org.au