Connecting Songlines to the coastal landscape
Visitors to Surfers Point can now experience cultural interpretive signage celebrating Wadandi culture, stories and connection to Country on Wadandi Boodja (Saltwater People's Country).Recently, three new interpretive signs were installed at the beachside location.
The project was led by the Undalup Association, represented by Wadandi Traditional Custodians Dr Wayne “Wonitji” Webb and Zac “Waalitj” Webb and supported by the Shire of Augusta Margaret River and project partners including Parks Australia.
The signs share important cultural knowledge about Songlines connecting land and sea on Wadandi Boodja. Featured stories include Mammung Biddi-wah (Whales’ Path), Ngari (Salmon) and Wooditj Kaarbin Kwala (Old Man Groper).
Wadandi Traditional Custodians have shared cultural maps of this region to guide biodiversity surveys and inform management of Australian Marine Parks. These surveys have identified ancient riverbeds and shorelines, which are important cultural features that help us all understand these Songlines and the connection between land and sea. The new signs include maps showing these landscapes and highlight the interconnection between land, freshwater and saltwater systems.
You are invited to walk the boardwalk, view each sign and look out across the ocean, connecting the Songlines to the surrounding coastal landscape.
Learn more about this project’s inspiration here: Guiding surveys on Wadandi Saltwater Country.
The project was delivered by the Undalup Association with funding received from the Australian Government’s Our Marine Parks Grants program managed by Parks Australia and in collaboration with the National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub, the University of Western Australia and the Shire of Augusta Margaret River.
The Shire acknowledges the Wadandi and Pibelmen people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and sea. We recognise their continuing connection to Boodja through story, ceremony and knowledge sharing since creation times.
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03 Jun. 2026
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