Barron Gorge National Park
Rainforest gorge and waterfall carrying a Djabugay serpent legend painted onto its passing train.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Barron Gorge National Park near Cairns follows the story painted onto the front of the train that climbs into it, a giant serpent from Djabugay tradition called Budadji. You will hear how that ancestral being is said to have shaped this rainforest long before the railway's tunnels were cut through it in the eighteen eighties. The guide traces a thread from an ancient creation story to a court ruling decades later. Look for the painted serpent on the locomotive's nose as it disappears into the gorge.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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