Walking Humbly:
A Journey to the Murray
GreenFaith Australia presents - Walking Humbly 2009: a journey to the Murray . It took place 27 to 29 November 2009 inclusive. It was a Pre-Parliament of World Religions event sponsored by Victoria Multicultural Commission. 150 diverse interfaith Pilgrims participated in an experience of learning, friendship-building, celebration and awareness raising in this ecologically imperilled, brave and beautiful part of our country.
We started the journey at The Blackburn Sikh Gurdawara. Buses picked up participants from various locations around Melbourne (including Southern-Cross Station). After the opening ceremony we visited Victoria ’s famous Healesville Sanctuary. We had the opportunity to get up close to Australia ’s wildlife and learn about Australia ’s native flora and fauna. We then made our way through to Kinglake and heard about the devastation and healing taking place after Black Saturday Bushfires.
Our base was at the beautiful Nagambie Lakes Park Resort. It was bordered with the Goulburn River on one side and the Nagambie Lakes on the other. Incorporating our theme: WATER; The significance and importance of water in our lives and within our faiths. Nagambie Lakes offered fantastic huge two bedroom, two bathroom, full kitchenette bunk style accommodation, it also had 1, 2 & 3 bedroom cabin options for couples, families and groups that specifically wanted to stay together (at a reasonable extra charge).
The following two days engaged us on a spiritual, fun and educational journey through the towns of Shepparton, Echuca, Castlemaine and Bendigo . We had the opportunity to listen, learn and be with these communities; together enjoying Aboriginal ceremonies, interfaith dialogue and multicultural entertainment, sight seeing and ecological awareness raising along the way!
Currently, we are in the middle of a United Nations declared decade focusing on Water for Life. GreenFaith Australia hopes to give emphasis to this as it engages with the life of diverse communities dependent on the water of the Murray-Darling River system.
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