Walkthrough

You emerge in the foothills of the Gunggari country close to a stretch of permanent water on the banks of the Maranoa River. In your surroundings are red river gums, nardoo, spinifex grass and rocky platforms that adjoin an open Coolabah plain. Off in the distance the landscape is broken up with short mulga and ironbark trees.

As you walk you see a warrior gathering yellowbelly from a fish trap at the river. You walk towards him and he tells you that you are a young male/female initiate of the Gunggari clan and you are expected in camp, about 500m northwest of the fish traps where you are now.

You head off in the direction of the camp and you notice as you glance around that the waterhole is a local hotspot for koalas, bats, water rats and native bees. In the water you see short necked turtles and the ripples of yellowbelly fish that can be seen swimming just beneath the surface.

You ascend a gently sloping hill and from this vantage point you notice the smoke of a camp fire and the various vegetation stands that surround the campsite. You see at a distance a claypan, on the left a patch of gidgee and Brigalow, and further off patches of Mitchell grass and bluegrass on the treeless flood plain, with stands of ironbark, ghosts gums and poplar box trees bordering the plain.

As you walk towards the camp you pass through a patch of Spinifex country, with a few sandalwood bushes growing out of a loamy red earth soil.

As you enter camp, you are greeted by an old wise man/woman (if you are female). They proceed to advise you of your first quest - to determine your yurdi (totem) and how your future journey in Digital Songlines will be determined.

Each quest relates to a number of purposes or is based on your survival and the survival of the community in the camp. Each quest is linked to the previous and based on your growing skills and knowledge is areas such as plant identification, tool-making, hunting and gathering skills, tool use, dancing and knowledge gathering for the purpose of strengthening the links to the culture and heritage of the region.