Applications for the 2027 Connection to Country Program are now open
Building on the success of two Connection to Country Programs in Northern NSW, designed and facilitated by PCT First Nations Fellows and staff, the Peter Cullen Trust are delighted to offer a new Connection to Country experience across Victoria and South Australia in April 2027.
Key Details
- Full Program dates: February 2027-June 2027
- On Country experience: Sunday 11 April – Friday 16 April 2027
- Cost: $6,000 per person (plus GST). Flights and dinners excluded, apart from dinner in Mildura on Thursday 15 April
- Register here: Application Form
- Terms and Conditions here: T&C’s HERE
- PCT Contact: Programs Director Natasha Davis on natasha@petercullentrust.com.au
NB: First Nations & Traditional Owner organisations and small NFPs may be eligible for reduced fees. Please contact us to discuss.
The program will be delivered across Victoria and South Australia from 11-16 April 2027, starting and finishing in Mildura. Over the six days, participants will travel across multiple Nations in Victoria and South Australia, learning directly from Traditional Owners, community leaders and Country.
The Peter Cullen Trust is proud and grateful to walk beside Darren Perry as the lead Program designer and facilitator of the 2027 Connection to Country.
Darren sees Connection to Country as a vital aspect of growing informed leadership in the future of water management in the Murray Darling Basin and beyond.
“To have the opportunity to share what I know, feel, and have learned about Country is definitely one of the highlights of my life. The integration of the wisdom and knowledge of many generations of Elders into modern land management practices is the only way to achieve sustainability into the future and the C2C program is central to achieving this.”
Darren Perry (Fellow, 2016)
Please see further details of the full program below.
