Water begins its journey in Dorrigo’s ancient cloud forests, tumbling through rainforest roots before arriving at Urunga—where the rivers pause, spread, and breathe before entering the sea.
This has always been a place of rest and renewal. The Gumbaynggirr have listened here for millennia. Settlers arrived by timber boat and train. The land was wounded through the Antimony-tailings disaster—but then healed. Together, we transformed a toxic swamp into a learning sanctuary.
Now, Urunga stands ready to lead—not as a monument to the past, but as a living example of what regeneration looks like when a community chooses to care, co-create, and carry Country forward.