We are proud to support NAIDOC Week, an annual celebration and acknowledgment of Australia’s incredible First Nations cultures.
Join us in The Resort on Saturday 6 July and Saturday 13 July as we celebrate NAIDOC Week with a traditional Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony.
Where: Ground Floor, Resort Staircase
When: 11am, 6 & 13 July
In celebration of NAIDOC Week, we've partnered with talented local SWELL artist Luther Cora, an inspiring advocate for First Nations Culture. Discover Luther's Mullet Season cultural art installation in The Boulevard pond.
Mullet Season
The mullet are very important to our family here on the Gold Coast and in the Tweed Heads area. Mullet migrate from the cold waters in the south to the warmer waters in the north during the cooler months. The flowering of the paperbark trees is the very first sign for our family that the mullet will start to travel through this area and that it's time to grab our fishing gear, our spears, our nets, head down to the waters and start fishing. So this time of the mullet season is a very happy time. It's a time of abundance.
People from surrounding areas visit the Gold Coast to hunt those mullet fish in the coastal creeks and waterways, to come together, to share stories, to share dances and songs. It's a very important time, when the mullet are ready to harvest and are at their fattest - full of oils that keep us warm during winter. The mullet are painted in a range of colours to represent different people and our skin colour, all living together in this world, this ocean, this sea, and we're all traveling the same way and respecting each other, acknowledging that we're all in this together.” - Luther Cora
About the Artist
Luther Cora is an inspiring advocate for First Nations Culture, his Totem is the Black Cockatoo. A proud member of the Cora and Trare Families which come from the Bungaree Family, who are traditional people from Gold Coast area, also known as the Yugambeh Language group which is made up of several tribes, clans and family groups. Luther is a contemporary Aboriginal dancer, artist, photographer, storyteller and ambassador for his people. His family are proud of their strong connection to this Country and their Culture.