30/08/2026
🌿💚GATHAA First Nations Market - Healing with Country - Pomona 🌿💚
GATHAA First Nations Markets is bringing Healing With Country to Pomona on Kabi Kabi Country, bringing together First Nations artistans, bushfood producers, cultural knowledge holders, musicians and workshop facilitators.
Come along to support First Nations business, learn something new and enjoy a morning of culture, creativity, food and community in the beautiful Noosa hinterland.
✨ WHAT’S ON
🧺 First Nations Makers Stalls
Explore a curated line-up of First Nations creatives showcasing handmade art, textiles, jewellery, bush botanicals, native spices, fashion, ceramics, homewares and one-of-a-kind pieces. Meet the makers, hear the stories behind their work and support First Nations business.
🌿 Medicinal Plants—Culture, Food & Healing with Aunty Rosie
Join Aunty Rosie, a Gamilaraay Yinarr, cultural knowledge holder and founder of the Culturally Informed Practices Institute, for a gentle knowledge-sharing experience exploring our relationships with native plants, food and wellbeing.
Aunty Rosie will share some of the ways she works with plant medicine in her own cultural and healing practice, including Gumby Gumby and Eurah. She will yarn about the importance of understanding plants through relationships with Country, culture and knowledge carried through generations.
The workshop will also explore how plant medicine is not always separate from food. Aunty Rosie will share Gunalay native grain and yarn about the old practice of gathering, preparing and grinding native grains to make bread—knowledge that connects directly with her work through Dhuwarr—Bread from Country.
Participants will be invited to slow down, listen and experience this knowledge through native tea, yarning and the sounds of the didgeridoo. This workshop is not simply about learning what a plant can be used for—it is about remembering our relationships with plants, food and Country, and understanding how wellbeing has always been woven into culture.
🥗 Native Superfood Cooking Demonstration with Aunty Dale
Discover the nutritional benefits and incredible flavours of Australian native foods as Pomona local and Yuwaalaraay Kooma chef Aunty Dale Chapman prepares a colourful native superfood Buddha bowl.
Learn how native ingredients can be incorporated into everyday meals using simple techniques, delicious flavour combinations and practical cooking ideas. Sample and shop a selection of My Dilly Bag spices, teas, sweet treats and native pantry staples.
🪃 Get Your Didge On—Fullas’ Didge Circle
Boys, teenagers and men of all ages are invited to connect through the sound and vibration of the didgeridoo. Whether you are picking up a didge for the first time or already play, come along for a jam, learn some basics and share in the rhythm.
It’s a welcoming space for fullas to build confidence, strengthen culture and spend time together.
🎨 Jarjums Creative Space
Our dedicated kids’ area invites little ones to enjoy nature-based craft, storytelling and hands-on cultural activities with caring facilitators. It’s free, welcoming and designed for curious young minds.
🎶 Live Music, Native Infused Tukka and Market Vibes
Grab a coffee from Greenhouse Coffee van, enjoy something delicious from Hoopers Tucker and soak up the Pomona atmosphere. Wander through the stalls, enjoy the sounds of the GATHAA Next Gen musicians and experience the market at your own pace.
🌿💚GATHAA First Nations Market - Healing With Country - Pomona 🌿💚
📅 Saturday 12 September 2026
⏰ 9am-1pm
📍 Pomona & District Community House
1 Memorial Avenue, Pomona QLD 4568
Free entry | Family friendly | Everyone welcome
