Healing on Country

Wiradjuri Audio Series

A series of healing audio experiences, designed by community for community.

Developed in partnership with Elders, Aboriginal health workers, clinicians, schools, community members, and youth across Tumut, Brungle, and Wagga Wagga, these audio journeys honour Country as a healer, teacher, and companion. More than an audio series, Healing on Country is an invitation to listen, connect, and heal through the enduring wisdom of Country.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following may contain voices and images of deceased persons.

Pay Your Respects to Country

All land is sacred, but some places are special. These stories are not in the past, they are here, alive in the land. 

Pay Your Respects to Country
Spoken by Winnie & Sue Bulger

Grounding on Country

A guided grounding cultural practice to connect with the land, connect with the ancestors and to heal.

Grounding on Country
Spoken by Robert & Talea Bulger

Breathing on Country

Breathing with the rhythm of Country to slow be steady, and feel grounded.

Breathing on Country (5 mins)
Spoken by Nigel Smith

An Ancient Way of Seeing

Turn on your expansive awareness to help the body settle, while opening you to the full picture around you.

An Ancient Way of Seeing (4:15 mins)
Spoken by Nigel Smith

Listening to Ancestors

Sharing insights into connecting with Country and listening to the wisdom of Ancestors to find guidance, comfort, and calm through life's stresses.

Listening to Ancestors (7:45 mins)
Spoken by Nigel Smith

Deep Listening

Bring all of your senses together to feel connected to your place within Country.

Deep Listening (8:40 mins)
Spoken by Jasmine Williams

Ancestor Trees

The spirit of the trees are alive. If they could speak, what would they say?

Ancestor Trees
Spoken by Jurrah Penrith & Cordell Coe

Birds are Messengers

Birds are our guides. They are companions, messengers, and kin.

Birds are Messengers
Spoken by Skye Burnes & Katara Dempsey-Penrith

Quiet Space

Sit on Country to gather your thoughts and gain guidance from your people and community.

Quiet Space
Spoken by Troy Pietsch

Burning to Heal

Connecting to Country through cultural burning, walking the land slowly and softly.

Burning to Heal
Spoken by Dean Freeman

Brungle Aboriginal Resting Place

Connecting to Country and ancestors… connection is something you can return to, anytime, and in anyplace.

Brungle Aboriginal Resting Place
Spoken by Soni Piper & Phylis Freeman

Bunyip Poem

Stories of Country help us connect with the land, its history, and the people who have cared for it for thousands of years.

Bunyip Poem
Spoken by Cheryl Penrith

Listen In

Come visit the Tumut River to help you calm your mind and lift your spirits. Spoken by Sue Bulger.

Down by the River

Release your troubles and allow the gentle flow of the river to restore and calm you. Written by Sue Hickey & Sharada Little. Spoken by Sue Hickey.

Project Delivery Partners

Extensive community consultation was undertaken across Wiradjuri Country, including Wagga and Tumut Hospitals and a range of community locations. The content was developed collaboratively with Elders, Aboriginal health workers, clinicians, schools, community members, and young people from Tumut, Brungle, and Wagga Wagga, ensuring it reflected local knowledge, culture, and community priorities.

  • Healing on Country is grounded in the understanding that the wellbeing of people, Country, and culture are deeply interconnected. First Nations knowledge systems recognise that the health of the land, waterways, and communities cannot be separated. When Country is cared for, people are strengthened; when people reconnect with Country, healing can occur.

    This collection of nature-based, audio-guided experiences have ben co-designed by communities and narrated by local Indigenous voices. Each journey weaves together cultural perspectives, storytelling, connection to Country, and evidence-informed wellbeing practices to support emotional healing, cultural identity, resilience, and belonging.

    Designed to be accessible whenever and wherever support is needed, the audio journeys can be used in hospitals, health services, healing gardens, bushland settings, community spaces, schools, workplaces, through to backyards.

  • Cultural and Intellectual Property remains with the Cultural Knowledge Holders.

    The content will be licenced to the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and within the NatureFix App for the life of the project.

    Use of the content for uses other will require a separate agreement and potentially payment with the Cultural Knowledge Holders. 

    Audio will contain content that is relevant to Indigenous and non-Indigenous consumers. It recognises the value of

    • Truth telling

    • The fundamental importance of respect for Country.

    • The Lore related to men’s business, women business, and sacred sites.

Thanks to…

This project is a joint initiative between the Murrumbidgee Local Health District, NatureFix, the Tumut Brungle Local Aboriginal Land Council, and community members across Tumut, Brungle, and Wagga Wagga. We extend our sincere thanks to Humelink (Transgrid) and the NED Foundation for their generous funding support. Their contribution has helped bring this collaborative project to life, supporting communities across Tumut, Brungle, and Wagga Wagga to connect, heal, and learn through Country.