ADOPTION OF DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN · ATTACHMENT 1_Destination Management Plan

Kabi Kabi Commitment
Welcome to Noosa, a place of great cultural and spiritual significance.

This is the place of shadows from the guardian trees. It connects us all and draws us together
from around the world.

We, the Kabi Kabi First Nations Peoples, are the Traditional Custodians of this land.

We acknowledge our ancestors and Elders who nurtured and looked after this land. Without
them, we would not have the natural resources of the land that we have today.

We are part of the oldest continuing culture in human history, dating back 65,000 years.

Our song lines and stories go back to time immemorial.

We have cared for this land through ice ages, climate shifts, great floods, volcanic eruptions and
colonisation.

Through this time, we have adapted and learned to care for that which cares for us. We have
learned to develop a deep custodianship and reciprocal relationship with all life that shares
Country.

In this modern world, we often forget how much we depend on the natural systems around us.

The trees give us clean air, the oceans give us a stable climate, the mountains and rainforests
give us fresh water, and the soil gives us healthy food.

Without it, we cannot thrive.



               When land is whole, it is generous and sustains its custodians.



As we care for and restore the land, it can once again care for us and continue caring for future
generations in the face of growing threats.

This is the Noosa we all want.

A place with water we can swim in, streams we can drink from, food that nourishes the body,
oceans that replenish the soul, and air that invigorates with every breath.

A place of mutual flourishing – where our natural world is as much a part of us as we are a part
of it.



The key to custodianship: Having the humility and respect to car for and protect that
which sustains us in return.




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