Yengo

Mount Yengo is just 2 hours from Sydney. It is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area, Darkinjun, Awabakul, Wonnaruah, Kamilaroi. According to legend Baiami, the father, created the world and when he finished he jumped off the mount into the sky, flattening the top of the mountain as he went.

I enjoy volunteering at The Little Yengo Gallery in Wollombi. It offers local Aboriginal artists a chance to display and sell their artworks. As I sit here I can look across the road to St. Michael The Archangel Chapel, built in 1840, and also The Forge, an antique shop where you can find almost anything. Motor bikes roar past and line the street in front of the Tavern that I can see at the end of the road. I can also hear the sound of Aboriginal clapsticks and didgeroo from the TV showing Wollombi’s 2018 Corroboree.

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