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The Bundian Way

Targangal (Kosciuszko) to Bilgalera (Eden)

Registered First Nations Walking 265 km 6 days Multi day
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The route

Targangal / Mt Kosciuszko 2,228 m The Monaro Bilgalera / Eden

Places along the way

From the highest point of the continent to the sea.

A pathway walked for thousands of years. Along the Bundian Way, peoples of the high country and the coast travelled between the summer bogong moth gatherings in the Alps and the whale seasons of Twofold Bay, trading, teaching and keeping kinship alive across the Monaro. Audio storytelling meets you at every place, and QR coded signage connects the physical trail to the living register.

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Targangal / Mount Kosciuszko

The high country · 2,228 m

The journey begins at the highest point of the continent, in the country of the summer bogong moth gatherings, where peoples of the high country met season after season for food, ceremony and exchange.

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The Monaro

The crossing country

The open country between the Alps and the coast, crossed for generations in both directions. Along this stretch the trail carried trade, teaching and kinship between the peoples of the mountains and the sea.

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Twofold Bay

The whale seasons

The coastal destination of the journey, where the whale seasons drew people from the high country to the shore, closing the seasonal round that the pathway held together.

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Bilgalera / Eden

Journey’s end

The pathway meets the sea at Bilgalera. In 2013 the Bundian Way became the first Aboriginal pathway listed on the NSW State Heritage Register, championed by the Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council.

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History and First Nations stories

The oldest kind of Australian journey, told by its custodians.

The Bundian Way joins the highest point of the continent to the sea. For thousands of years, peoples of the high country and the coast travelled it between the summer bogong moth gatherings in the Alps and the whale seasons of Twofold Bay, trading, teaching and keeping kinship alive across the Monaro.

National registration carries its story, told by its custodians, to every Australian, honoured under First Nations custodianship at national scale.

Stories connected to Country are told only with, and as guided by, their custodians, under the First Nations custodianship protocols at the centre of the register’s governance.

Plan this journey

Itineraries, transport and places to stay.

A sample six day walking itinerary is shown below, with shorter one and two day sections available at every activity level. Public transport connections, weather and a printable guide sit alongside the live route.

Days 1 and 2 · Sample itinerary

The high country

Begin at Targangal / Mount Kosciuszko and descend through the country of the bogong moth gatherings.

Days 3 and 4

Across the Monaro

Follow the crossing country between the mountains and the coast, with audio storytelling at each place along the way.

Days 5 and 6

To the sea

Reach Twofold Bay for the whale seasons country, finishing at Bilgalera / Eden where the pathway meets the sea.

Shorter options

One and two day sections

Registered sections suit an afternoon or a weekend, with all access routes alongside the multi day journey.

Itinerary shown is indicative, prepared for the register’s pilot phase. Final itineraries, transport connections and weather feeds publish with the trail’s national launch.

For schools, walkers and researchers

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School resources

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Printable guide

The full route, places and stories in a printable guide for the trail, ready for the track.

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