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"Wominjeka" — Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung
/wom-in-jeh-kah/ · Woi Wurrung
The Woi Wurrung speaking people have lived along the Birrarung (Yarra) for at least 40,000 years. Country reaches from the Great Dividing Range to Port Phillip.
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The Night Millowl Comes Home
Every dusk the smallest penguin in the world walks home. Bunurong knew the tide and the shearwater and the liwik long before the parade.
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Bunurong / Boonwurrung country · VIC
Phillip Island Loop
Bridge, bluff and burrows — home of the little penguin parade.
Along the way
Phillip Island Loop
San Remo
0 kmGateway township & pelican feeding
Pelican feeding daily at 12:00 on the pier (free). Bakery + IGA on the main street.
The Cape Kitchen
6 kmFarm-to-plate ocean views
Open Thu–Mon 11:30–20:30. ~8 min drive from San Remo bridge.
Cape Woolamai Lookout
18 kmPink granite headland & shearwater colony
2 hr return clifftop loop. Shearwaters return Sept–Apr.
Bunurong Cultural Walk
24 kmGuided coastal walk with Elder
90 min · book via Bunurong Land Council. Fri/Sat 10:00.
Cowes Foreshore Reserve
32 kmPowered sites, beach frontage
Reception 8:00–18:00. Walk to Cowes cafés in 3 min.
Nobbies Boardwalk
42 kmSeal colony vantage & antarctic journey exhibit
Boardwalk open dawn–dusk. Seal centre 10:00–16:00.
Cowes United
30 km24hr fuel + EV charge
Two Tesla superchargers, 4× CCS2 bays.
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Nations along your trail
Boonwurrung
Bunurong / Boonwurrung
"Womin dja" · Port Phillip, Western Port & Phillip Island
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Gunai / Kurnai
Gunaikurnai
"Yumma" · Gippsland & Wilsons Promontory
Dhauwurd Wurrung
Gunditjmara
"Peeneeyt meerreeng" · South-west Victoria
Woi Wurrung
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung
"Wominjeka" · Naarm (Melbourne) & Yarra Valley
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Great road trips
3 investor-ready trails
Great Ocean Road · Phillip Island · Wilsons Prom
Every stop, every pole, every camp — mapped with the community.
Along your trail
Listen while you drive
Indigenous-run
Book with Traditional Owners
Indigenous ownedtourBudj Bim Cultural Landscape Tour
Budj Bim Cultural Tours · South-west VIC
Indigenous ownedtourWadawurrung Coast Walk
Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation · Aireys Inlet, VIC
Indigenous ownedtourYiruk / Wamoon Cultural Walk
Parks Victoria × Gunaikurnai Land & Waters Corp · Tidal River, VIC
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Country Trails is built on unceded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lands. Stories are shared with permission. 30% of revenue from Indigenous experiences returns to Traditional Owners.