Doco charts ancient canoe journey linking Gold Coast to North Straddie

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A Gold Coast author has been given a rare insight into the history of the Gold Coast's Indigenous population and documented his journey to North Stradbroke Island along an ancient trade route in hand-carved wooden canoes.
Benjamin Allmon spent the past four years producing a documentary, book and exhibition which recorded his journey from crafting the wooden canoes in the forests of the Gold Coast to embarking on a three-day, 70-kilometre voyage across the sea to North Stradbroke Island.

"The journey from Surfers Paradise to Dunwich was a trade route, established inter-tribal relationships and forged cultural ties on many different levels.
"I feel I have a deeper appreciation of the place I walk, swim and live in.
"I hope the audience sees that there are ways to reach across the cultural divide and hopefully they engage with their local Indigenous story in their own way."

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